Ah, you coward! Look at you, running." "Actually, it's called improvising.

When I write something that would have made me laugh as a 10-year-old, or would have scared me or would have excited me, I know I'm onto something.

Freedom is an illusion. It always comes at a price.

Long ago I dreamed of being a hero in your company" Halli said Huskily "I'm sorry to say your reality disappoints me

That's a gesture of endearment in some cultures. Some hug, some kiss, some set each other on fire in small patches of woodland

Ah, you coward! Look at you, running." "Actually, it's called improvising.

It's the same with spirit guises; show me a sweet little choirboy or a smiling mother and I'll show you the hideous fanged strigoi it really is. (Not always. Just sometimes. *Your* mother is absolutely fine, for instance. Probably.)