Clearly she was expected to say something, but panic at having to speak stole the thoughts from her head.

Ani felt a stirring, a hope, a winged thing waking up in her chest and brushing her heart with it's feathers.

There was a burst of laughter so sudden Miri jumped to her feet in alarm. Bena and Liana had pushed Peder out of the bed and onto the floor. He in turn leaped on Liana's bed, clinging to it and laughing as the girls tugged at his ankles. "So, are you two betrothed?" Katar asked. "No," Miri said shortly "Ohh." Karter smirked, one eyebrow raised, and she looked altogether more like her old self. "It appears I stumbled upon a topic of conversation even more dangerous than revolution.

What? Don't British women know how to use their knees?

I know they are naught things, but I devour novels.” (p. 57).

Wait, I want more green. I hope I did not imply I only wanted your colors. We can't turn a cold shoulder to green, and blue, and purple, for the sake of all ordered things, how can you dismiss purple? Celi, call Nom back and tell him of my need for purple!

It was a pleasure, Enna, Finn, tree rat." "Did she just call you tree rat?