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“Keep moving! Beas arguing with the floor.”
“Keep moving!” “Bea’s arguing with the floor.”
“Were alive! Swedish told her. I did not see that coming.”
“We’re alive!” Swedish told her. “I did not see that coming.”
“...Loretta threatened to beat him to death with a wooden spoon...”
“Did you just call me sweetie? I asked. She shoved my shoulder. No.”
“It was going to be our job to annoy someone? I knowits a dream come true!”
“After an hour the score was: Quancita34 Radiz51 Sallyfroglegs Perla9 a”
“Are you okay? Yeah. Good, she said, because if you fall off a skyscraper, Ill be so mad at you.”
“Are you . . . lost? Not really, she told him. We just dont know where were going.”
“What are you doing? I asked Loretta. Stabbing a cushion, she told me.”
“Did Capn Vidious leave that? He is such a cuddlebunny. Yeah, I said, thats exactly how Id describe him.”
“You know what to do? Wander around, I said. Until I spot a self-assembled whangdoodle from the Foggy depths.”
“Well, the bad news, Swedish said from the wheel, is that Chess still thinks hes funny. Whats the good news? Loretta asked, leaning on our little copper-tubed harpoon. That Kodoc dropped a bomb on t...”
“Now youre listening to Swedish ? I asked her. He thinks Im the Compass because every time I see ticktocks, I happen to be there!”
“If Chess is the switch, Loretta said, how does he turn the Fog off? Bea bit her lower lip. I dont knowask Chess. How would I know? I said. You try being a switch.”
“Loretta started belting out a song: Row, row, row your boat, sitting in a tree! K-I-S-S-I-N-G !”
“Uh, she said maybe your eyes matched the Fog like a synchronous magnetic field? I dont even know what language that is.”
“It was going to be our job to annoy someone?” “I know—it’s a dream come true!”
“After an hour the score was: Quancita—34 Radiz—51 Sally—froglegs Perla—9 a”
“Are you okay?” “Yeah.” “Good,” she said, “because if you fall off a skyscraper, I’ll be so mad at you.”
“Are you . . . lost?” “Not really,” she told him. “We just don’t know where we’re going.”