That letter was your whole future, you daft prince." "It was my past. I lost that the night my parents died. But I found you, Deryn. Maybe I wasn't meant to end the war, but I was meant to find you. I know that. You've saved me from having any reason to keep going." "We save each other. That's how it works.
Scott WesterfeldThe world rests upon a turtle, which itself stands on the back of an elephant!โ Alek tried not to laugh. โThen what does the elephant stand on, madam?โ โDonโt try to be clever, young man.โ She narrowed her eyes. โItโs elephants all the way down!
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