i feel relieved to see the leaves that hide our door . `` we live together , do n't we , honey ? '' then he had one more idea . its a pleasant little buzz hes got going . i closed my damn mouth and swallowed . but she was feeling like the last gazelle at the watering hole and the weight of the branch in her hand gave the impression she was n't completely helpless . he 'd even admitted that he 'd waited almost three hundred years . she had hoped that he would understand what she wanted . 