QUOTE : ... Where did you go?”<br /><br />“Down below.”<br /><br />“Ugh,” she said. “I’ve heard they’re little better than animals.”<br /><br />Funny. I thought the same thing about most Topsiders I encountered. Tegan touched my hand in silent sympathy, and I set my jaw.<br /> <br />...<br /> <br />I stepped forward and pasted on a false smile. We were in her home, after all. The least I could do was be polite. “I’m Deuce, animal from the underground.