“We're squirrels in human form, she whispered. And so are you.”
“It is a Siren's burden," she whispered, "So much strength, so much pain. You will feel the weight of humanity on your shoulders, though you are only partly human yourself. Soon you will not have any traces of that left.”
“But even so, we're not devils, let alone gods. We're human. We're human!”
“We're famous" iggy whispered so low that Fang could barely hear him."So's Swine Flu" Fang whispered back.”
“This squirrel is inadequately afraid of humans! Squirrel, I am a threat to you! We are enemies! Please get off my bench! Oh, god! Oh, god! Don't touch me—oh, god!”
“She's as nutty as squirrel poo. ”