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@@@@@?My house is no place for babies I couldn't argue withthatI took three quick, deep breaths, trying to steady my nervesBlood pulsed so loudly in my ears that his voice seemed quiet in comparison when he spoke again He turned and stomped out of the room I was frozen for a moment, and then I lurched out after himHe wasn't bluffing?he was already invisible around the first cornerI raced after him, horrified by the thought that I might run into someone else in this obviously inhabited wingI caught up to him before he reached the big intersection of the tunnelsHe didn't even look at me as I slowed beside him to match his pace ?'Bout time that northeast field was plantedWe'll have to work the soil firstHope you don't mind getting your hands dirtyAfter we're done, I'll see that you get a chance to clean yourself up He sniffed pointedly, then laughed I felt the back of my neck get hot, but I ignored the last part?I don't mind getting my hands dirty,? I murmuredAs I recalled, the empty northeastern field was out of the wayPerhaps we would be able to work alone Once we got to the big plaza cave, we started passing humansThey all stared, infuriated, as usualI was beginning to recognize most of them: the middle-aged woman with the long salt-and-pepper braid I had seen with the irrigation team yesterdayThe short man with the round belly, thinning sandy hair, and ruddy cheeks had been with herThe athletic-looking woman with the caramel brown skin had been the one bent to tie her shoe the first time I'd come out here during the dayAnother dark-skinned woman with thick lips and sleepy eyes had been in the kitchen, near the two black-haired children?perhaps she was their mother? Now we passed Maggie; she glowered at Jeb and turned her face away from