“Pretty show, but you're wasting energy and time," Max said. "Mind if we get back to saving Horngate? You can go postal later.”
“Come on then," Deeba said. "We haven't got time to waste. You're not the ones who are going to get forgot in a few days' time if you don't phone home.”
“Make this quick,” he told her. “And do not die. I have plans for you when we get back to Horngate. They will not be nearly as pleasant if you are a corpse.”
“Go save the princess right now. You can save the world later.”
“Save your rejections so that later when you are famous you can show them to people and laugh.”
“Startled, I flinched "What are you doing?""Keeping you from going postal.""You're doing it wrong.”