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1 " Before I could lose my courage, I said, " Don't I get a kiss for luck? It's kind of a tradition, right?" I figured she would punch me. Instead, she drew her knife and stared at the army marching toward us. " Come back alive, Seaweed Brain. Then, we'll see. "
2 " Men got two guns, you know. One for now," he tapped the barrel of his gun against her nose. " And one for later." When his free hand went to his zipper, she twisted underneath him, bringing her knee into his groin and pulling her knife from her boot." Mother taught me to carry a knife for always." She left him holding his intestines in disbelief as she disappeared down the hill, his gun tucked securely in her waistband. "
3 " I'm thinking about the cat dying, Dulcie and her knife against my throat, Mrs Irvin and her St Thomas bone... But never my sister. A brother rarely thinks about his sister. "
― Louis Nowra , Summer Of The Aliens
