Maybe she still was a pretty-head, making up irrational stories about the empty forest. The longer she stayed alone out here, the more Tally understood why the Rusties and their predecessors had believed in invisible beings, praying to placate spirits as they trashed the natural world around them.
Scott WesterfeldEven mocking people helped their face stats. In the reputation economy, the only real way to hurt anyone was to ignore them completely. And it was pretty hard to ignore someone who made your blood boil.
Scott WesterfeldSo what are those balloons for? In case you fall off your hoverboard?' -- Tally to Peris
Scott WesterfeldLeft alone, human beings are a plague. They multiply relentlessly, consuming every resource, destroying everything they touch.
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