“Impressive vocabulary," Korbyn said. "I feel as though I should take notes.""I think she's making them up," Liyana said. "Half of them are not anatomically possible.”

“Fennik growled. "You mock me."Korbyn's face was innocent, like Jidali's after he sneaked a cookie from Aunt Sabisa. "I would never mock such an illustrious personage," Korbyn said.”

“Imagine that it's sugar," Korbyn said. 'You're riding across candy.'"Salt can never be sugar," Fennik said."We should talk about the definition of the word 'imagine'.”

“I hope I haven't hurt your feelings,' he said.'I don't have feelings, at least not the inconvenient ones.”

“That's brilliant.""I thought so. But I'm glad you agree. It will make this journey much more pleasant if you are impressed with my brilliance.”

“To you,” he said, “I surrender my heart and soul.”She rolled her eyes. “Very romantic, considering you have neither.”

“The lamb baa-ed vigorously as Mary dragged it into the manicure room, and Zel winced. She really should insist Julie come work, She could use the help, plus it would mean extra mother-daughter time--and, Zel thought wryly, I won't have to find a spare tower in the suburbs.Closing the appointment book, Zel went to finish trimming Linda's hair. "Did I hear a sheep out there?" Linda asked."Sick dog," Zel said. "Now, bend your head down." Linda obeyed and Zel ran her fingers through the back of her hair to check for evenness. All she needed to do was think of a way to make Julie come without Julie immediately assuming her mother was trying to ruin her life. Not an easy task.”