"By what skill or #craft did you show me that symbol in my head?" Aimee asked, trying to wring the water out of her clothes.
"Craft?"
"Yeah. How did you do that?"
"Same. Words."
Aimee suddenly gasped.
"You're not speaking those words out loud! They're just in my head!"
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Aimee shrank back in terror against the wall of the cavern. The strange unfinished-looking demon loomed over her.
"Safe," she heard.
"You can #talk?" she whispered.
"Words. Learn."
"Take me home!" Aimee shouted.
"Not. Safe," the demon said.
Aimee burst into tears.
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Tau knew the #place he belonged. There was a spot in Lusa's office where the deck was warmer than anywhere else in the Zoological Sanctuary. While Lusa looked through her messages, he turned round & round and then settled until it was time for them to make their rounds.
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"Do you remember the last time we came and got crepes?"
"I don't remember that at all. My #memory isn't what it used to be."
"When we were here before, you said that you'd pay the next time we came."
"Now *that* is something I would remember."
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"We're not just here to #play," the grim man said, putting pressure on the knife against Revin's throat.
"We're taking this — whatever this is," he spat. "And one of those girls. We'll take that one." He indicated Momo. He pushed them toward the tunnel in the cellar.
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The Airship was lively as Momo waited tables. She took the work seriously. Her cheeks grew pink & her hair worked loose as she scurried carrying orders.
"If your feet #start to hurt, Doll," Emma said. "You can take a break whenever."
"I can keep going," Momo grinned.
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"I need a #break from being Queen," Momo sighed to Revin in a compartment of the Airship.
"Wanna wait tables for bit?" Emma piped up, with a grin, serving their drinks. "We've got a costume in just your size."
Revin was scandalized, but Momo sprang up.
"Let's do it!"
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"#Help me, David!" Zaza called.
David trotted over.
"What do you need help with?"
She held out her hands.
"Would you help me get up, please?"
David took her hands and pulled her, giggling, to her feet.
"Help me, David!" the other Better Angels called.
David sighed…
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The band played an uptempo baseline. Zaza raised her arms under the spotlight. The huge crowd responded.
"Let me hear you #yell!" she called. "Say WE!"
"WE!"
"Say LOVE!"
"LOVE!"
"Say DAVID!"
All of the Better Angels joined in screaming.
"DAVID!"
David covered his face.
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"I'm the Best Angel," said one of the Better Angels.
"Don't #brag," said Zaza. "It's not friendly."
"But who is the Best Angel?" the other asked.
"Duh!" said Zaza. "Everyone knows it's David."
"David! David! David!" they chanted dancing around him.
David closed his eyes.
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