I barely heard him, I was too busy watching Pritkin, who had slumped over with his head on the sofa arm, shoulders shaking helplessly, and what looked suspiciously like tears leaking out from under his closed eyes. "Not that bad," he muttered, and then he was off again.
Karen ChancePritkin muttered something that sounded fairly vicious. โMy clothes are warded! Even if I wished to accede to your demand, it would not work on them.โ โThen strip.โ โI beg your pardon?โ He sounded almost polite suddenly, as if he believed he couldnโt possibly have heard right.
Karen ChanceThey-" He stopped and just blinked at me for a minute. "You know, people are always saying that you're cuckoo. Looney Tunes. Off the freaking edge. But I tell 'em, no, she's okay. She's got some...anger management issues. But you know what? They're right. You're nuts.
Karen Chanceyou gotta think itโs a waste ofโโ โRay!โ I glanced around, but there was nobody within earshot. โWell, excuse me if Iโm not used to buying condoms for aliens,โ he said more softly. โTheyโre not aliens.โ โWell, theyโre not human. I mean, they could have anything under those tunics, you know?
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