which is why , thank god , i was able to go to the top . i guess i would , too , if dead bodies had gone missing on my watch . the whole reason i know all this vomit-inducing information is because i was trying to help you . '' `` you would n't be the first to underestimate us . '' her brother would be killed in an instant , put out of the misery of the life he hated . i glanced around outside , but all i could see was the sage brush covering the flat land . 