`` tess- '' `` but i 'm not going to sit here and hold it over your head forever . `` see , i can hardly taste this bacon , '' she said . the sight of something with a hooked point and saw-toothed edges tends to make people a bit queasy . `` they 're all about the mind games . '' he sure as hell had the bitter taste of the words on his tongue . it 's still very dark , so i 'm not sure he can see me . 