`` people risk it because if tragedy does n't strike ... and you get to keep the ones you love ... it 's worth it . '' i could n't see past that corner , but i know all of the houses beyond it and i know all of the people who live in them . and we could sense from these people-though we did n't understand their strange tongue-that they hated and feared us too . 'are you happy to stay here while i go and check on a few things ? ' 