[Q]: '' all right if i take a look , then ? '' jim asked from across the table . dara hesitated . gathering courage , she spun her map around so jim could see it right side up . he looked it over solemnly then suddenly smiled . '' good on you ! '' he exclaimed . dara smiled back and asked to see his...

[A]: map

[Q]: a final bright flash blazed ahead of her and , as if really before her eyes , a younger , more beautiful vision of herself shimmered . while dia gasped slightly at the bizarre phenomenon , the past version of herself spoke in a voice comparable to no human-made sound . it was perfect and unbroken as though carried through the air on softest silk . '' you left this for yourself ,...

[A]: dia

[Q]: twisting around to face her mother , savanna said , '' of course i love him . he 's wonderful . '' '' he is , '' her mother agreed , her voice suddenly tight . '' and he 'll take care of you . it 's what your father and i want for you . it 's what everyone wants for you ,...

[A]: savanna

[Q]: i was suffering from having fallen to the ground and a hit to the head , after all . ' well , how am i going to get up to you , then ? ' ' you could just throw me the dagger . ' i looked up skeptically . the ropes seemed wound pretty tightly around her . they , however , were connected to the pillars . ' hang on , ' i said , walking up to one of the...

[A]:
pillars