`` he was wearing a thing , like a bar that kept his ankles apart , like from pulp fiction or something -- and he had a ball gag in his mouth . '' he does the same thing back . his deep-set light-colored eyes drop from mine and fall on the new wine glass in front of me . i raised my head , peering through the windows of the truck . `` they create an atmosphere that keeps all creatures away . they will keep you from learning what world lies beneath this land . 