she turned her head slowly and looked at me , dead in the eye , and said , `` everyone ate my brother . i was not supposed to get involved . as he started to lean out something warm and metallic seemed to pop into his left hand . hell , that would be uncomfortable in the extreme . `` i 'm going to take a closer look , '' i said . nobody said that ben killed her . while she was still trying to think of an intelligent response , he turned away . 