she laughs , `` you 're the only one who worries about stuff like that . `` so this is my damage , huh ? '' he said , you 're not leaving here until you let me clean you up . i swallowed hard , trying to return some kind of moisture to my dry throat . by this time , the brothers had returned to the great house where they still made their home . i shouted over the din as we bounced along the road to town . 