During our session, I told Tove about how I'd done mind-speak on Duncan, but it only worked when I was irritated. Using that logic,Tove spent most of the morning trying to irritate me into using it. Sometimes it worked, but most of the time I just got pointlessly annoyed.

Unfortunately, zombies aren’t very flammable, and it went out instantly.

Right then, it didn't matter what his reasons were. All I knew that I was sick of him breaking my heart.

I don't really like fairies.

You're not very good at being contemplative," Milo said. "You always sound like some bad caricature of a philosopher, like those fortune cookies with 'Confucius say' or the Nietzsche guy from Mystery Men that's always saying 'when you walk on the ground, the ground walks on you.

What's your angle?" I asked, trying to sound more playful than demanding. "Isosceles," Jack quipped.

You know what would be fun? Nobody wants to play Guitar Hero. But you can play the Beatles! You loved the Beatles!