brought it to the back room and stopped in the doorway . `` that other ship could have taken you . '' i desire to be free from these demons , which incessantly hound my peace . tell them they will be rewarded . '' we lost her in a faraway land , doing something that most of us ca n't begin to understand . and thank you for bringing this ... er ... what was her name again ? '' `` he looked at me for a long time . he stretched his neck and swiped a tongue over her palm . 