i was really irritated with Gaia while reading this book cos she's so weak and submissive to Skyler. she just allowed him to poison her mind and turn her against Jake. it was SO maddening.
But luckily in the end she lost her fear (somehow), cleared up her mind and (finally!) began to question Skyler's motives.
Looking forward to the next book...
Excerpts again...
(Skyler)It's always, ALWAYS better to be the person the hero answers to than the hero himself. After all, Caine had to answer to Master Kan. And considering that Tarzan and Superman would do anything their women told them to, didn't that mean Jane and Lois Lane were actually the more powerful ones?
And suddenly, for the first time in her life, Gaia began to understand the absurd mystery of tickling. It wasn't so much the actual sensation of fingers digging into one's ribs but the anticipation of it that people responded to. She was laughing in expectation.
(Gaia) "Take care!"
What nitwit starting using that phrase as a fond farewell? Take care? Take care of what? My teeth? (...) Why are they ordering me to take care of myself? If it's social politeness they're after, wouldn't it be nicer for them to offer to take care of me?
And my tendency, at least in the past, to shoo away the social butterflies? Well, that's just textbook defense strategy, isn't it? We loner misfits who act all tough are really just soggy marshmallows on the inside. We may snarl, "Get lost!" but what we're really saying is, "Love me, hold me, be my best friend."
(Skyler)Once when we were kids, Aunt Agatha took me, Chris, and Liz to her Evangel Temple. (...) And quite a few of them closed their eyes and lifted up their arms. Chris leaned over to me and said, "How come they have their hands up like that?' and I whispered, "Better reception."
Aunt Agatha sent us out to the car for disturbing God with our giggling.
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