if higgens has access to that data in any capacity he would be able to sell the locations of u.s . two days , the stranger said thoughtfully . then their voices were drowned out by the noises from their work . she keeps her head down and the substitute steps into my line of view . something bad is going to happen any second . `` i hear they 're sending you out to the sandbox , '' he said . `` a big field filled with the tall antenna towers . `` not if i live a hundred thousand years . '' 