Holly winked. 'Do I look like a fly boy to you, Fowl?' Artemis had to admit that she didn't. Captain Short was extremely pretty in a dangerous sort of way. Black-widow pretty. Artemis was expecting puberty to hit in approximately eight months, and he suspected that at that point he would look at Holly in a different light. It was probably just as well that she was eighty years old.

I am Butler. Anything I say sounds scary.

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

Oh,It's going to be so easy to kill you",scoffed Opal.

The problem is that I know the textbook answers to any question you care to ask.

That's the last order I'll ever give you Captain. Don't you dare ignore it.

It took teams of LEP warlocks to slow down time for a few hours; the magic required to open a door to the tunnel was stupendous. It would be easier to shoot down the moon. Opal tapped this into her notepad. Reminder. Shoot down the moon? Viable?