“Old as carbon," Nix agreed. "And so powerful I'm working on my demigoddess badges.”
“You're the one with the badge," I admitted, "but I'm the one being haunted by a seven-year-old in a ballerina costume.”
“She was so old, she would have had to be dated by carbon 14.”
“Work - the ultimate badge of health.”
“we are stardust, billion year old carbon. we are golden, caught in the devil's bargain.”
“At times, they're so Right and I'm so Left, we agree.”