[Q]: she said the likelihood of her making it to the age of forty or even thirty-five was small . she said she needed to be with someone who understood that . someone who accepted that . '' '' you did n't want that responsibility ? '' i ask him . he shakes his head slowly . '' sydney , i did n't care about the...

[A]: responsibility

[Q]: the castle had had enough mice until now , and the previous ruler used to pay to have them caught and removed . paying to bring mice into a castle , notwithstanding tom 's elliptical arguments , was not something that castle-owners regularly did . not even if they were crazy . and as far as bert was concerned , lenchen was anything but...

[A]: crazy

[Q]: they were all led off to wild shouts and frantic waving and only dezhnev had the presence of mind to take a glass offered to him that contained something that was either water or vodka and morrison , for one , had no doubt as to which of the alternatives was , in fact , the case . the broad smile on dezhnev 's damp face as he sipped made it certain . morrison said to kaliinin , '' how long were we on the ship ? '' '' i think it was over eleven hours , '' said...

[A]: kaliinin

[Q]: with renewed fury , kira hastened the speed of her blasts , blowing the stunned aeria further and further into the rock wall behind her until she could no long muster the strength to stand . dropping to one knee a few feet from aeria , kira 's head swam with exhaustion . she stared at the crumpled body of the goddess before her as she panted with fatigue . to her surprise the goddess started to stir . with a groan of pain , aeria opened her eyes to look at...

[A]:
kira