The Last Changeling (2014)
“She was sitting curled up on Maggie’s big bed, her head in her hands.
“Do you wish to speak with me?” Maggie Light asked.
Snail was silent.
“Or will you hear what I have to say?”
If anything, Snail was even more silent. No permission given for or against.
I’m no longer here, Snail told herself. I’ve already left. Or at least I will leave once it’s light. She knew that courage was one thing, stupidity another. And the definition of stupidity would be wandering around in a for...est at night all by herself with two armies, Border Lords, and a hungry troll close by.
“Though you may not think it now,” Maggie Light continued as if permission had been given, “the professor is a great man, greater than you can ever know.”
Snail houghed through her nose, sounding, she knew, like one of the unicorns.
“He is willing to make the hard but necessary decisions,”MoreLess
“Do you wish to speak with me?” Maggie Light asked.
Snail was silent.
“Or will you hear what I have to say?”
If anything, Snail was even more silent. No permission given for or against.
I’m no longer here, Snail told herself. I’ve already left. Or at least I will leave once it’s light. She knew that courage was one thing, stupidity another. And the definition of stupidity would be wandering around in a for...est at night all by herself with two armies, Border Lords, and a hungry troll close by.
“Though you may not think it now,” Maggie Light continued as if permission had been given, “the professor is a great man, greater than you can ever know.”
Snail houghed through her nose, sounding, she knew, like one of the unicorns.
“He is willing to make the hard but necessary decisions,”MoreLess
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