`` i do n't know why any-180 one would put a gate here , but i know that you do n't bother unless there 's a road or a trail or a riding-path or something . i was n't sure exactly what was bad about any of this yet , but i was sure i 'd come up with a few things as soon as there was some kind of space between us and my brain started working again . that was not what he was expecting to hear . `` we do n't have much time , '' i say . 