`` do you recall tending an injured creature in the woods when you were small ? '' `` it 's hard to be convincing about a hypothetical situation . '' mary only kept a few dollars on hand to make change , but that was most emphatically not the point . but its masters only have one goal in mind , and they make that very clear . he once again slipped into my mind . she curled up in his arms , feeling secure and protected . his hands are big and strong , worn with years of work . 