Neverhome - Pg 70

   "We got to get on," I said.
   "Stay and tell your story," said the grandpa. "Everyone gets a turn."
   "We got miles to walk."
   "Boy, those miles will wait on you. They won't go anywhere."...
   The grandpa had grown a kind of leer to him. He had his crutch up in the air again. There were others starting to look on.
   "Tell us the story about how you are going to kill us all. Kill us and our babies," said the woman holding her little apple-head thing.
   "We don't want to hurt anyone," I said.
   "You won't hurt anyone," the woman said. "You can't hurt anyone. Not here. We're done hurting."