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1 " ...you look the truth in the face - not the truth that has fangs and fur but the hard truth about yourself, that you're just as dangerous as the beings the rest of the people fear but you can't afford to be as honest about it. You can't tell those people that you'll make deals with what they fear in order to keep them sage from the monsters who look just like them. "
― Anne Bishop , Etched in Bone (The Others, #5)
2 " The map showed human places I'd never heard of - places that had once been great civilizations, until humans forgot the world wasn't theirs to claim. "
3 " Vlad stared at Simon. "Meg told the Elders they were...""Bad puppies," Simon finished. "Yeah."A minute passed before Vlad said, "Why?""They didn't say 'please' when they asked for cookies.""I don't know what to say."Simon scratched behind an ear that was now Wolf-shaped and furry. "That's okay. Meg said plenty for all of us. "
4 " Do Wolves usually chew on mint?""No. Why?" Before coming to see Meg, he'd gone into the bathroom at HGR to use some mouthwash. He'd also examined both sets of teeth to make sure there weren't any bits of human flesh stuck between them from carrying the backbone.Did he smell minty from the mouthwash–or was the scent wafting in from the front room?Meg confirmed that suspicion when she glanced at the Private doorway before leaning toward him and whispering, "When Nathan came back to the office, he smelled like he'd rolled in mint." he told the watch Wolf. "
5 " He put his arms around her and brushed his lips against hers once, twice. Then his mouth settled over hers and lingered. As he eased back, she leaned forward and pressed her lips against his. “I think we like it,” Meg breathed. “I think we should try it again. Just to be sure.” They tried it several more times, just to be sure, and eventually decided that they did like kissing. They liked it a lot "
6 " And he wondered just how much teasing she had received—and why human males would train a female to shoot a gun and then tease her into being angry enough to shoot them. “I’m "
7 " I was thinking of something that made me unhappy.”Simon stopped snarling and cocked his head, looking more baffled than angry. “Why would you do that? "
8 " Maybe it was human nature to want to please the person who rejects you, who wants you to prove you deserve to be loved. Maybe. "
9 " You couldn’t help someone who didn’t want help. That was a hard, and bitter, life lesson. "
10 " Anger and reason are rarely partners, "
11 " why human males would train a female to shoot a gun and then tease her into being angry enough to shoot them. "
12 " . “But words can beat down a person as surely as fists, "
13 " She would have told her to respect her limitations as well as her abilities. "
14 " Vlad stared at Simon. “Meg told the Elders they were . . .” “Bad puppies,” Simon finished. “Yeah.” A minute passed before Vlad said, “Why?” “They didn’t say ‘please’ when they asked for cookies.” “I don’t know what to say.” Simon scratched behind an ear that was now Wolf-shaped and furry. “That’s okay. Meg said plenty for all of us. "
15 " For you, being around that man is like drinking a glass of poison every day,” Nadine said. “Maybe it just makes you sick, makes you weak, makes you forget who you really are and what you really want. But if you keep drinking, sooner or later, the poison will kill you. "
16 " It’s also practical. Our survival depends on the goodwill we can generate. "
17 " And if he looks to be a danger to Meg?” Simon snarled, revealing Wolf-size fangs. Fur sprang up on his chest and shoulders. "
