he stood up on the branch , turned away from shadow and let a stream of dark urine arc out into the meadow below . i 'd had to be just to survive my childhood . tried desperately to let it pool inside her as the horrible man caught her thick mane of hair and dragged her across the blood and into the house where they brought each of the young girls . oh wait , that was too much to count . `` i 'm offering to build a life with you and raise our child . 