“We had stoneware in the home and you’re right. It didn’t last long.”

“My mom bought those unbreakable dishes, but nothing could prevent us kids losing them. The small square bowls made too good a shovel in a pinch.”

“I can just imagine you as a small child.”

“I was a terror.”

“But shy with strangers,” he guessed.

“Yep. Teachers never believed my mom about me until I’d organized my first boycott of the cafeteria’s no-name catsup. That stuff was nasty. Or had a petition going to reinstate outdoor school when budget cuts threatened that right of passage. It didn’t usually happen until my second year in school anyway.” She sounded altogether proud of herself.

“I see, you lulled the authority figures around you into complacency and then you sprang.”

“That’s about it.”

have no

not so insightful.” Her eyes twinkled mischeviously.

children will be like.” Her daughters would be stubborn, her

negligent shrug that wasn’t. Negligent. At least it didn’t seem so to him, but he

front of a male kouros statue. “Nice to see Greek men haven’t changed in

match, ancient or modern. However, the genitals were nothing to write home about. “I hope you are not comparing certain aspects of

want to do something that would turn that smile into a grin. “I read somewhere that the aspect

or the only men willing to be

indulgent, one serious-looking elderly man glared. And a young woman sent daggers Piper’s way, but

and Piper had first arrived

back on her and smiled down at his beautiful companion. “That is not something you

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