and i will be sending the usual packet of rubies . '' when he stops to slide in a new clip , i walk over to him . he 's amused again and he takes a step closer to me . repeatedly , and in great detail , so that fate did n't seem likely . you did it all on your own . `` but at night ... some claimed to hear the giant walking about the village . i looked over the edge of the roof , surveying it . 