`` you spoke for the whole team ? '' she asks with an amused smile . 'did you really expect her to welcome you with open arms , father ? ' both of them know it was n't the radio . it is the last outpost before getting into the mountains . some desperate part of me wondered , what did any of it matter ? `` the one who did n't work here . `` she would n't '' i started , but i did n't think he was in the mood to argue . she had been in this room many times . 