`` where 'd you guys go that you had to sneak past dragons ? '' they were being shown off like prizes for our arrival , i suspect . `` she 's at the airport office , '' i said , keeping my eyes on the door . `` i need to get in that building . '' you were right to keep her hidden . but then maybe that was his shield . tess saw that the sleeves and the hem of her dress had been cut back to fit the shorter woman and the raw edges left to show . 