..."I know he seems ... difficult, sometimes. Well, most of the time. But he's a good person. He's loyal. You don't have to be nice to be good." She is defending him, making excuses for his apprarent rudeness, her seemingly poor choices. He notes how she does not say to her mother I like him the way he is . Her mother says something else, two words at most, and he hears Ree laughing. Not for long, ...

Between Night and Soul - Nomi's fall

... firelizards -- marginally more intelligent -- show more concern. Banichi stays there, en guard, whilst Bren flits off to Sidijith not-yet on the Sands and Jago seeks out Th'deus. Her agitation would be apprarent, but there'd be little sense to anything she might try and communicate. Sidijith, deep in sleep, would rouse enough to wonder at the absense of Nomi -- sleep like sleep, and yet not ...

The Good, The Bad & The Ugly for Week Fourteen

.... Delap saw the funny side, the ref didn't - and he booked Windass even though he never made it onto the pitch... Pompey pick up their first win at home under Le Donkey , but those defensive frailties so apprarent at the start of the Adam's reign remain... Chris Kirkland is the best English keeper in the Prem when he is fit . Pity he is not fit more often... The Bad:   Poor Man Citeh . Well ...