unless you have boats to attack from the river , youd be fighting house to house through the outer rings just to get to the main wall . hovering behind him was the girl with the dyed hair . `` you have your heating come on before you 're even home ? '' dirk , who 'd been approaching our little party from behind , grabbed the guy . `` they were on and off for years . '' two years , nothing different , now this . '' i made a noise , and it was not a noise of rejection . 