You came in here, [ Carver retorts, low and nasty. ] What'd you think was gonna happen?
[ These people have no sense of self-preservation, to leave well enough alone. They don't know what could be taken from them and so they don't protect themselves, they don't stand guard or hide their food away: maybe that's why he's here, Carver realizes suddenly. To remind them all, to stand as one of those object lessons. ]
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[ These people have no sense of self-preservation, to leave well enough alone. They don't know what could be taken from them and so they don't protect themselves, they don't stand guard or hide their food away: maybe that's why he's here, Carver realizes suddenly. To remind them all, to stand as one of those object lessons. ]