that way , you can make it last for as long as you want . she lifted a box from the floor beside her . `` she 's more active than she 's been in the last couple of years . she had been behaving oddly lately , but then again , they all had . and that doesnt do anyone any good . he leaves in a couple of days . '' im gon na go wash up . the gate they had entered through was now way behind them , the field being far longer than it was wide . 