because i ca n't help myself , i add , `` you do n't have to be here , you know . he said , tipping up the corner of his lips . that tends to camouflage our real location . let me show you my new digs . he met her at its base . he wasnt used to thinking about work as something that had the potential to blow a person off a building . if she was going to make it , she needed to start acting . 