`` baby , you do n't have to explain anything to me . his wife frowned at him , as if hed just revealed a dirty family secret . i incline my head toward her , treating her with the same calm she is me . but there was a poker game in the engine room . if any of the humans in the forest proved to be hunters or bait , nothing could save them now . the engine sputtered , turning over once and then twice before coming to life . 