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1 " Meanwhile, I was still thinking, hoping for an actual thought sometime soon. "
― Spencer Quinn , Paw and Order (A Chet and Bernie Mystery, #7)
2 " There’s silence, which I enjoy although it just about never happens, not completely. "
3 " Is he sick?' said Suzie.Sick? How ridiculous! I sat up tall and strong, mouth shut, just about. Chet the Jet, unsick to the max. "
4 " Don't forget about my hearing, better than yours. I'm sure you bring other things to the table. "
5 " I thought about making what Bernie calls a mental note, but nothing came next and I dropped the whole shebang. "
6 " I stepped out of the flowerbed, careful not to damage hardly anything at all. "
7 " a no-brainer for you, and who doesn’t prefer a no-brainer to . . . to . . . a brainer? "
8 " And just like that, one last taste of the local grub was all alone in my mind, whatever had been there before completely gone. I couldn't have been happier, which is how I like to operate. "
9 " If humans were a little slow, then we were all in big trouble, and who wanted that? "
10 " ...unless I was off the track. That can happen, especially if it's the kind of track that doesn't involve my nose. If my nose is in the picture, you can bet the ranch. "
11 " Suzie’s eyes shifted. “What? "
12 " ...I shook off the water--sending my own spray right back on Lizette and Suzie, fun on top of fun! "
13 " Nothing compares to the start of the day, except for the end and everything in between. "
14 " Then he reached across the table and patted Suzie's hand. Their fingers kind of wound around each other, almost like living things. Whoa. But, of course, they were living things. I'd meant more like...like dancers, say. Finger dancers? Back up, big guy. You're in way over your head. "
15 " eyes that looked alert and stupid at the same time, "