i pluck out an ear-bud to hear the response from my mother . thats where were heading , he said . one of us has got to go . it 's none of my business , but i like you . '' you have n't even checked the office . '' she felt them take up stations at her neck , her temples , along the pathway of her spine and at the expressive muscles around her eyes . before either of them could say anything , she had turned and disappeared back into the forest . 