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Death is my art form--when I fight, I'm a ballerina. Graceful. Chi lacks my grace, but makes up for it in energy and enthusiasm. His fighting style is like breakdancing--strong and frenetic with some really sweet moves. Jo's is .. .the Macarena. Ugly but gets the job done.Eliza Crewe
2
Your death, strange human. I mean, your injury. No murder, just a little maiming. So I can leave. Maiming’s not so bad.Eliza Crewe
3
But worries are for people who can’t pull grown men apart with their bare hands.Eliza Crewe
4
I eye the three of them, considering. They’ll need a lesson in discretion before I go. Not a lethal lesson. Mom wouldn’t like that.Eliza Crewe
5
My teeth rip skin; my jaws snap bones. I am fast, lightning-fast, snuff– oh-was-that-your-life?–oh-was-that-your-life?– fast.Eliza Crewe
6
Oooooh, don’t make her mad! ” the leader gasps around his laughter.Eliza Crewe
7
They say curiosity killed the cat but I am unconcerned. I am smarter, though slightly less evil, than any cat.Eliza Crewe
8
A human teenager. One of God’s most misbegotten creatures — big like grown-ups and yet dumb like children.Eliza Crewe