Real life is sometimes boring, rarely conclusive and boy, does the dialogue need work.

The cut in Nick's arm was starting to throb dully with the pressure he was putting on it. He kept looking at Alan. 'How many times have you lied to me?' he asked in a soft voice. Alan replied, equally softly, 'I've lost count.

Been chatting much with Jared?" "We often have special moments where I come into a room and he immediately leaves," Kami said. "I treasure those times.

It’s bits of dead cow; don’t ask it to perform miracles.

Your timing is amazing," Kami told him. "By which I mean, I am amazed by it.

Oh no, Nick" Jaime said in tones of supremely unconvincing shock, "how could you? When my back was turned for one momement. And my food was so delicious.

She hesitated, then reached out to Jared in her mind, and uncertainty washed away in the wave of reassurance she got back.