is that all you think we can fight ? the creatures were gone ; nothing but greenery remained where they had once stood . i just shook my head to tell him to butt out ; this was personal . the bus ride had taken forever , and the neighborhood they 'd wound up in ... maybe neighborhood was n't really the word for it . we passed through a place called old orchard beach . not what a woman wanted to hear moments after rising . i 'm pretty sure if i was it would have happened already . 