she did n't ask me why or bat her eyelashes at me in a flirty way . instead she just smiled . '' okay , thank you '' was the only response i got . '' give me your phone , '' i told her . she walked over to her backpack , pulled out a smartphone , and handed it to me . i added my number then texted myself so i would have hers

'' i think it 's a kind of duck , '' said rincewind from the far end of the long table . '' are these biscuits made of something really nauseating , do you suppose ? '' '' - and then we were rescued at great magical expense - '' '' they 're made of pressed seaweed , '' snapped the guestmaster . '' - but then we 're threatened , also at a vast expenditure of magic - '' '' yes , i thought it would be something like seaweed , '' agreed rincewind

and it inspired an immediate and unexpected surge of pro-tectiveness in the young cursor . to his own surprise , he set about the task of tending bardis without complaint or regret . later , he realized that bardis was n't too young to be a knight . tavi was simply five years older . he knew far more of the world than the boy , had seen a great deal more of life 's horrors , and had gained inches and pounds of physical size that he had , for most of his life , lacked

she 'd been innocently walking through the mall one saturday afternoon , browsing . she certainly had n't intended to make a major purchase . innocently she 'd happened into a music store , looking for a cassette tape by one of her favorite artists , and paused in front of the polished mahogany piano . there must have been something about her that caught the salesman 's attention , because he 'd sauntered over and casually asked her if she
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