[Q]: trew has a flash of memory . he remembers wearing a bracelet , green with swirling gold flecks . only it had n't been him -- he had been someone else , someone ... younger . the vision is confusing , but powerful . the man breaks the memory by addressing trew in his rich voice . '' it is so good to meet you ,...

[A]: trew

[Q]: you 've told us all these stories of far off lands and countries , of kings and wars and mythologies , but you 've never really told us about this land . this place . what was it called ? '' '' pennsylvania . it was once called pennsylvania , and it was at one time a part of the united states . '' '' pennsylvania , '' aria found she liked the strange word as she sounded it out . she 'd read about the united states in a couple of books , but she 'd never heard of...

[A]: pennsylvania

[Q]: '' i did n't mean -- '' '' i know . '' his smile came back again , and she thought he was back in the here and now , with her , instead of in the bad old days . '' glad you were n't here for all that , actually . i was n't really all that good to know...

[A]: then

[Q]: then he rested his hands on top of the smooth white tablecloth . '' a town of plastic boxes enclosed in plastic picket fences filled with plastic people . '' he looked down at his hands and he inspected his fingernails . the dirt from under them seemed to be magnified in the pristine of lauren 's house . he brushed his hands to his sides , off of the white...

[A]:
tablecloth