`` oh , my god ... '' `` where are you ? lay down your weapons or die holding them . '' i didnt recognize any of these words ? she moved to the bookshelf in the corner looking back at him . `` it might even bring down the government , '' ben said . `` it is a skill they seem to have picked up since the pulse . '' doctors rushing around , trying to save a dead woman . he has a cigarette boat he takes out each evening just after sunset . '' 