`` i 'm going to eat you up , '' the giant had said in a low rumbling voice . because she was already pulling away from him and glancing around the bull pen . `` he 's worried that if enough people knew that the black council was real , they would n't line up to fight them . i think you ought to tell this girl the facts . she 's pretty broken up about the whole thing too , poor woman . her voice returned to a neutral tone . 