`` i need to apologize to you about what happened earlier . even from this position , i wo n't be able to do much , but it 's better than doing nothing . and arrogant ... and ... and sexy , and successful , and apparently in love with you , mary finished for me . it slipped further , then with a howl of tearing metal it fell forward . or an army of the dead . looking at her face , mary guessed the younger woman was n't really very interested in what the older one had to say . 