Control puberty?" snorted the bodyguard."If you manage that, you'll be the first.

There’s always time for babbling.

Well, I don't like the first bit and I don't know the last bit. So I'm really hoping the middle bit is exceptional.

Radomosity, thought Artemis. And he felt like weeping.

No, mademoiselle, I would not like to see the children's menu. I have no doubt that the children's menu itself tastes better than the meals on it. I would like to order à la carte. Or don't you serve fish to minors?

Very well. I understand. Just ... shut up!

"That was horrible. Horrible. That poor little guy." Pex was unrepentant. "Yeah, well, he asked for it. Calling us... all those things." But buried alive?! That's like in that horror movie. Y'know the one with all the horror." "I think I saw that one. With all the words going up on the screen at the end?" "Yeah, that was it. Tell you the truth, those words kinda ruined it for me."