Quotes From "Power Study" By Maria V. Snyder

We are searching for the same thing, ” Stripey said.“ How do you know?” Janco asked.“ I read his mind.” The Sitian pointed to Ari. “Yours was too…chaotic. Too many useless thoughts to wade through.” A compliment or an insult? Janco guessed compliment and preened. Maria V. Snyder

Hasn’t stopped us before. And besides, if they wanted to kill us, we’d be dead by now and would be having an entirely different conversation. I wonder if I’d still be mad at you, or if we would talk in words or pictures. Maybe in smells. That would be cool.” -Janco Maria V. Snyder

Care to explain?” Ari asked.“ Didn’t you see my signals?”“ Yeah. But they didn’t make sense. Five into one and it’s an intrusion.”“ It’s an illusion! Five of them are an illusion.”“ That’s not the signal for illusion. This is.” Ari demonstrated the proper signal.“ That’s what I did.”“ No, you didn’t. You did a weird twisty thing with your pinky.”“ I had a scimitar at my throat. I’d like to see you try signaling under those conditions.”- Janco and Ari bickering . Maria V. Snyder