“Your life is your own. I just get to rule it now and then.”

“Now, can I help you with something? I’m new, but I’ll do my best to figure out how to get what you need.”…“That’s good to hear, Abby, since I need your breasts for a few minutes.”

“Is that your face or did your neck just throw up?”

“If the goddess—and that would be me, by the way—is displeased, you’ll get bats in your hair and mice in your boots.”

““More.”“You’ll get more…but it’ll be my way, not yours.”

“You dumb-ass ape, get your hand off me. What—are you the first in your family to be born without a tail?”

“Okay, you’re older. Not much, really. And considering you love staying in shape and I refuse to run, we’ll probably get all old and crippled at the same time. If not, then I’ll learn to use a cane, and I’ll get to beat on your ass for a change.”