he raised his voice as he stepped out onto the porch . mae squeezed her eyes and her lips tightly shut . i hesitated as he gently rested his enormous body on me , and then asked , `` what do i taste like ? '' a step to the right , a jump to the left , straight forward and then right again . `` when did you say you could start ? '' they even fired a gun in the air . he sat on the couch and patted the spot next to him . 