`` i know it was y'all , '' said the eagle . he could already prepare many of the foods , and from time to time she would let him whip up something . slammed the door shut behind him . my pulse seemed to speed up like it would beat for both of us . i was at one end of a platform . we could call it earth juice or snow juice or river juice or lake juice or straight-out-of-the-pipe juice . he looked at the glass with a red rim around it . 