True power comes when others offer it to you and you merely accept it as a gift, not as the spoils of some personal war.

I`m not a morning person.

was a clear, pale blue like the eyes of a Siberian husky dog. Human beings just didn't have eyes like that.

But we were all young once. It passes, like innocence and a sense of fair play. The only thing left in the end is a good instinct for survival.

I got out my jar of ointment. I knew animators who had special containers for the ointment. Crockery, hand-blown glass, mystical symbols carved into the sides. I used an old Mason jar that had once held Grandma Blake's green beans. Larry fished out a peanut butter jar with the label still on it. Extra-crunchy. Yum-Yum.

All I really wanted to do was cuddle back under the blankets, maybe with a certain stuffed toy penguin I knew. Yeah, hiding sounded good.

Pity is an emotion that can get you killed. The only thing more dangerous is blind hate, and maybe love.