we wanted to help , but just didnt know how . `` well , after that , '' he went on , and by now everyone else had stopped laughing and were listening too , `` for every ten human years , we will physically age only one human year . '' `` come on , council member , we have a meeting to go to , '' i said . you plan on staying in these parts ? then there was another , reaching into a high pitch , and the two voices carried into the night making her skin crawl . 