Q: a wound like that would have incapacitated her , prevented her escaping , probably even knocked her unconscious for several minutes , long enough for the stables to be set on fire and be fully engorged in flames before she regained consciousness and could scream . '' '' but if her throat was sliced , she would n't have been able to scream , '' bricker pointed out . '' not right away , '' eshe agreed . '' but the nanos ' first reaction would be to repair the damage to such a _ ... Fill the blank.
A: blank is wound

Q: twoflower hurried over to the wizard '' i had a great idea , '' he burbled . '' yah , '' said rincewind , wearily . '' why do n't we get hrun to accompany us to quirm ? '' twoflower looked amazed . '' how did you know ? '' he said . '' i just thought you 'd think it , '' said _ ... Fill the blank.
A: blank is rincewind

Q: '' quartz and a handful of other less common minerals are piezoelectric , a property in which the crystal can create electrical energy or rf signals when properly stimulated . i know the first cb radios contained slices of quartz tuned to transmit and receive the radio frequencies they operated on , '' mr. swartz replied . '' that 's really interesting . i did n't know quartz could do that , '' matt remarked . '' you would have to talk to a physicist who specializes in electromagnetics to confirm whether or not your sample is unique , but it sounds like it might be piezoelectric , '' mr. swartz added as he handed it back to _ ... Fill the blank.
A:
blank is matt