“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.”

“I have

did my mother. School administrators were not so insightful.” Her eyes

think what your children will be like.” Her daughters would be stubborn,

Negligent. At least it didn’t seem so to him,

“Nice to see Greek men haven’t changed in all these

or modern. However, the genitals were nothing to write home about. “I

“I read somewhere that the aspect of a statue’s form was deliberately underrepresented so the

or the only men willing to be used as artists’ models had

glared. And a young woman sent daggers Piper’s way, but he didn’t know if that was for her laughter or the fact she was so clearly with

him an encouraging once-over when he and Piper

beautiful companion. “That is not something you have to worry

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