`` it 's hard to be polite when my stomach 's growling . '' he unwrapped it , popped a square piece of chewing gum in his mouth and started talking again . he asks , a smile in his voice . mothers were required to think you were beautiful . she would n't be easy to deal with , but we were bound by him , whether we liked it or not . how else are we going to get out of here ? cinder pulled a pair of pliers off the wall 's magnetic strip . 