"Hello, Max," he said quietly, searching my face. "How do you feel?" Which was a ten on the 'imbecilic question' scale of one to ten. "Why, I feel fine, Jeb," I said brightly. "How about you?" "Any nausea? Headache?" "Yep. And it's standing here talking to me."

Here's what I was thinking about:1.Who the new threat was 2.The air show in Mexico City 3.How to get Total to quit milking his injury, because enough was enough 4. My mom and Half sister Ella 5.Fang 6.Fang 7.Fang

On the other hand, even a big, '80s love van was less noticeable than six flying kids and their talking dog. So there you go.

The trick to having obedient, unquestioning children was to have death be the other option

Do we have any chlorine? It seems to be kind of explosive when mixed with other stuff." "Like what, your socks? No, we don't have chlorine. No swimming pool.

I recommend you stick to your own species, Shy Babe." p. 155

Sometimes when you're at your most certain, that's when everything you know is wrong.