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It was going to be our job to annoy someone?” “I know–it’s a dream come true!Joel N. Ross
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After an hour the score was: Quancita–34 Radiz–51 Sally–froglegs Perla–9 aJoel N. Ross
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Are you okay?” “Yeah.” “Good, ” she said, “because if you fall off a skyscraper, I’ll be so mad at you.Joel N. Ross
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Are you .. . lost?” “Not really, ” she told him. “We just don’t know where we’re going.Joel N. Ross
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What are you doing?” I asked Loretta. “Stabbing a cushion, ” she told me.Joel N. Ross
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Keep moving! ” “Bea’s arguing with the floor.Joel N. Ross
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We’re alive! ” Swedish told her. “I did not see that coming.Joel N. Ross
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Did Cap’n Vidious leave that? He is such a cuddlebunny.” “Yeah, ” I said, “that’s exactly how I’d describe him.Joel N. Ross
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You know what to do?” “Wander around, ” I said. “Until I spot a self-assembled whangdoodle from the Foggy depths.Joel N. Ross
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Did you just call me ‘sweetie’?” I asked. She shoved my shoulder. “No.Joel N. Ross
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Well, the bad news, ” Swedish said from the wheel, “is that Chess still thinks he’s funny.” “What’s the good news?” Loretta asked, leaning on our little copper-tubed harpoon. “That Kodoc dropped a bomb on the city?Joel N. Ross
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Now you’re listening to Swedish ?” I asked her. “He thinks I’m the Compass because every time I see ticktocks, I happen to be there!Joel N. Ross
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If Chess is the switch, ” Loretta said, “how does he turn the Fog off?” Bea bit her lower lip. “I don’t know–ask Chess.” “How would I know?” I said. “You try being a switch.Joel N. Ross
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Loretta started belting out a song: “Row, row, row your boat, sitting in a tree! K-I-S-S-I-N-G !Joel N. Ross
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...Loretta threatened to beat him to death with a wooden spoon...Joel N. Ross
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Uh, she said maybe your eyes matched the Fog like a synchronous magnetic field?” “I don’t even know what language that is.Joel N. Ross