new ideas were rushing through his head . the trouble with you protein creatures is that you think you invented beauty . `` because if pierce shows up here again , we wo n't be playing around . '' yet you are able to disguise your fear , a talent that most people even in my field cant do . i knew it was my dad , calling to find out . she could not stand to be confined again , to be trapped . `` hello , '' i said almost afraid of what he 'd called to tell me . 