A dozen more questions occurred to me. Not to mention twenty-two possible solutions to each one, sixteen resulting hypotheses and counter-theorems, eight abstract speculations, a quadrilateral equation, two axioms, and a limerick. That's raw intelligence for you.

Oh, the boots were on the other eight feet now.

The mercenary finished his coffee in a single gulp, It must have been piping hot, too. Boy, he was tough.

I rather think he knew anyway.

Her clarity gave her purpose and her purpose gave her clarity.

Zealots: Wild eyed persons afflicted with incurable certainty about the workings of the world, a certainty that can lead to violence when the world doesn't fit.

There was a loud cough from the man on the stand. I replaced My Magic Mirror carefully on his tray, gave him a cheesy smile, and went my way.