[Q]: a group of medieval mannequins robed in burlap had been set up on one side of the well . young boys practiced wielding wooden swords , tilting at the ancestors of crash-test dummies like knights in training . wandering minstrels strolled the edges of the market , singing strangely pretty songs . even the well was its own little destination . she saw now that there was a wooden crank to raise the...

[A]: bucket

[Q]: '' zoe . it 's greek . '' '' is she greek ? '' '' her mother is greek . her father is an anglo mix . she 's a mutt , like the rest of us . '' '' is she cute ? '' john thumped ashes out the window . '' you think i 'd date her if she was n't...

[A]: cute

[Q]: but it did n't actually feel that emotion , thought sidney . how can it offer such compassion without feelings ? anita scribbled maddeningly . the pencil scratched across the paper . a foreign noise in the room . it carried more than sidney would have liked . he looked at kilgore . kilgore had turned his head and was looking at...

[A]: sidney

[Q]: he 'd built it for her , not admitting it to himself then because he could n't . why was n't she using the pool ? michelle could feel his sharpened gaze on her as they left the room , but he did n't say anything and , relieved , she realized he was going to let it go . maybe he just accepted that she did n't feel like...

[A]:
swimming