I turned again, coming full circle. Why hadn't I just kept walking? Why hadn't I saved myself from all that craziness?
"Do what?" I asked, not hearing what the others had said. But as I'd turned, I'd caught sight of the whatever-it-was dropping into the construction site, surprisingly quiet.
"Geez! What is that?!" I shouted, startled. I didn't like being startled. "Get down! Hide, or something!" Why were they just standing there? Sure, I wanted to know what it was, but getting killed by this Martian War-Machine wouldn't exactly lead to a good learning experience.