“I see,” said the boy. “You said that your mission is to bring me back?”“That’s right.”“So no matter where I go, you’ll have to follow me to find me and take me there, right?” said Peter. The young Draga-Wizard-Elf shot off in the blink of an eye.“GET BACK HERE! WE HAVE TO GET TO THE CITY AS SOON AS POSSIBLE!” the Wolfhowled after him, though it was pointless. The teenager was already gone. “Damn Wizards.”

“Don’t worry, I’l be back soon,” said Delsani. “Tell me what happens to the roadrunner when I get back.”“Don’t worry. The runner always gets away,” said Peter, patting Delsani’s leg as if to reassure him”

“And here I thought you were actually going to behave yourself," he said. "It's going to get worse if they don't keep their hands off you.""I suppose you're going to tell me now that only you have the right to touch me.""I see we understand each other.”

“Excuse me, Ms. Matthews; you are going to be late for class if you don’t get going. Can you read the map, or are you already lost?” the stern voice of the secretary pulled me out of my stupor. “Um, no, I can read,” I said, sheepishly, still unable to take my eyes off the mysterious boy staring back.“Of course, you can read,” she said sharply, snapping my entranced head back to reality. “Now, get to class.”

“Because you know that's all I needs, all I wants, is for you to try to run, to turn your back on me and run. I know you aint going to. Because all you got to beat is me. I got to beat old Carothers. Get your pistol.""No," the other said. "Go home. Get out of here. Tonight I will come to your house-----""After this?" Lucas said. "Me and you, in the same country, breathing the same air even? No matter what you could say, what you could even prove so I would have to believe it, after this? Get your pistol.”

“He sat me down. He said he was incomplete. He thinks true love's gonna get him back on his feet. He said you only find love once in your life. So I guess when you find it you're gonna hold it right? You'll hold it right?”