after several well-chewed fork-fulls , as if careful mastication would serve up the answer , she said , '' i can be science literate in a few months . '' '' what exactly is a science literate person , '' said ananda , clearly enjoying this . '' a science literate person , '' said ruth , keeping up the stressing-the-word-literate game , is someone whose voice will resonate with today 's population . '' you once told me , '' said
ananda

you 've been gone for three . '' writhren loosened her grip on mother and took a moment to compose herself . her scalp itched , signalling the growth of new hair-snakes . '' send kobies to them , all who have left . tell them the procurement has failed and they must leave the shadowlands immediately . i 'll bring back as many of them as i can ... '' she removed the shark tooth pendant from underneath her battleskin and handed it to
mother

of course there was n't as much concern about whether or not you reconnected with your buddy once you had the target , because after that you were pretty much on free time until the end of the night . once the morning rays began peaking over the horizon , they reasoned , you 'd be back in your safe room with your sentinel no matter where you ended up at the end of the dream . before acquiring the target though , that was a different story . on so many missions , it usually took two walkers to find the right opportunity to get to the
target