a little embarrassed , he stopped and waited for the full meaning to sink in . and then when theyre done with you youre tossed aside for the next willing body . there was a fountain in the middle , in a very small grove of sweet-smelling pine trees . you 're the eighth sister she never had . '' miles thought he was perhaps beginning to understand that the mind and plans of god could never make sense to him completely because he simply was not god . i love all of you and how you submit to me . '' 