Survival strategy. If you’re not careful, this place will eat you alive, and Kaylee’s like bait for the beasts.

A smart woman would have shut up. Did I? Hell no. Intelligence is overrated anyway.

"I spent two hours trying to question reapers without sounding like I was questioning them. What do you think it says about us as a group, that every reaper I know is either irritable, egotistical, voyeuristic, or some combination of the three?" "That you fit in well?"

Then strong, warm arms wrapped around me from behind. "I've got you," Tod whispered in my ear.

Sorry, but the whole walking corpse epiphany kind of threw me off my game.

What if the house catches fire?” “Roast marshmallows. And if it floods, you’ll go down with the ship. If there’s a tornado, I’ll meet both you and this house in Oz, after my shift. Got it?

I’m glad you think so. I’ve always considered my sense of humor to be largely underappreciated, so it’s nice to finally meet a fan.