`` i can do whatever i want , '' she said , though she 'd lost most of her steam . now what else is there to say ? i explained what was going on , and he said he did n't think it was necessary for me to be there . one thing a policeman loves is a mystery . `` besides , if they were to wake we are no longer the ones to stop them , the white man with their weapons of war would be the ones to stop them . 