My son always says I like very weird music.

Ten minutes can be a long time when you're waiting with a beating heart for something you don't understand, something you don't really want to know.

And there stood Basta with his foot already on another dead body, smiling. Why not? He had hit his target, and it was the target he had been aiming for all along: Dustfinger’s heart, his stupid heart. It broke in two as he held Farid in his arms, it simply broke in two, although he had taken such good care of it all these years.

Don't let it worry you, not being able to speak,'Dustfinger had often told her. 'People tend not to listen anyway, right?

I just did a picture book called The Wildest Brother on Earth, and you will find both of my children in there.

I wish you luck,' she said, kissing him on the cheek. He still had the most beautiful eyes of any boy she'd ever seen. But now her heart beat so much faster for someone else.

Hey, don't take this the wrong way, but don't come back, ok?