weve been standing here for over five minutes and this is stupid . does she know how to plant and harvest ? he sure as shooting was n't going to go looking for a quickie with her without thinking everything through two or three times . i nodded toward the book on my towel . today is the first step on your path to becoming more than a man . his heart answered yes , but his logical brain insisted that she was human , and humans represented too great a risk to security . 