Shane looked…pale. Pale and shaken and—how predictable was this?—pissed.

Did he just say--?" "Yes," Claire said, smiling. "Yes, he did." "Whoa. Guess I'd better stay alive, then.

claire:Now shane was talking sense?Wow was it opposite day?

Silence, and then Eve said, "Okay, that was extra creepy, with whipped creepy topping. And this is me, changing my mind.

I so rarely have the chance to field-test anything. Amelie is so conservative about these things -Myrnin

Harte sent one of her revived men after him, and Pat sent him back in boxes.

It's an illusion, control," Naomi said. "You ought to understand that by now, young Claire. We are never in control of our destinies, even the strongest of us. All we can hope to do is not be too badly damaged by events.