We shouldn’t split up.”“I’ll only be a minute.”“It only takes a minute to be arrested or killed.

It’s not common,” he said slowly, “but it can happen.”Translation: Ainslee, dear, you keep getting stranger and stranger.

Frowning, he asked, “Are you a guy or a girl?”“I’m a god,” the trickster said airily.

Though this death pains us and we wish dearly that we were not forced to endure it, we must all remember that death is natural. All things that are born must die, but not all death is an end. Though her mortal body no longer breathes, her spirit and her memory remain. While her spirit moves on to new worlds and new life, we must pay respect to the earthly capsule that allowed us to know and love her, and out of that respect we return it to its rightful home.

I couldn’t deny the intense draw I felt in that dimly lit museum collection. The air around me hummed with an energy that was foreign and nostalgic all at once.

Why does it matter if people think you’re beautiful?” Kali insisted. Grabbing her girlfriend’s hands, she pressed a red-staining kiss to the pale knuckles. “I love you and we’re going to prom together and I think you’re gorgeous.

Always the optimist, Masika said, “It is far worse than that.

During the Stone Age––”“Age of Magic,” Masika snapped. “It was less than 3000 years ago, not 8000 years ago.”Despite everything, Farida cracked a little smile. “The Age of Magic is the Age of Magic Stones, so it’s the Stone Age.

I am thinking rationally! What’s not rational about saying you’re crazy and magic isn’t real?

You should have started with the fire,” Masika said dryly. “I thought it might scare her.”Masika raised her eyebrows. “More than cutting yourself?