`` there were armed men all over the hotel , but i took care of them . what can we say about god as a storyteller if his characters were to never grow or progress ? the dog yawned , clearly not impressed by the gravity of this human problem , and rested his snout on his paws . they were dropping their shields now , he realized ; he could feel them coming from all sides , pressing in eagerly . at the end of the hangar was a ship that was much larger than the rest . 