Read the excerpt from the land, part 1. "you'd better figure a way," she said matter-of-factly, then looked me in the eyes. "you want me to talk to him?" i didn't even need to think on that. "naw, course not! you did, then they'd all be saying i had my sister fighting my battles!" cassie shrugged. "then you'd better figure something out quick. " based on this excerpt, which is a reasonable prediction?.