“What the Fross?” Whispered Kero”

“Kero and Rollo stood over it, slick with blood, both holding knives.‘Kero, you came? Why?’ asked Naif.‘Maybe I just needed someone to show me how to be brave enough,’ he replied with a hint of a dangerous grin.”

“Something from out in the dark brushed her throat, dampfingers smearing her with warm wetness. She started, raising a hand against it, but touched nothing.A teasing whisper in her ear – no, more a thought. Come to me …She glanced around to see if anyone else had heard, but those near her gazed eagerly ahead. Except the Riper; he watched her.”

“People are sometimes really different from what you first think. You have to give them a chance.”

“We all pretend things sometimes. And sometimes we leave thing too late.”

“Can you really change anything, Joel?”

“Pain can be dismissed.”