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Why Did You Leave? (aiden) I Took Care Of The Person Harassing Him. Threat Gone. Job Eliminated. Anything Else You Want To Know? Dental Records, Fingerprints? Retinal Scan? (leta) Urine Sample Would Work. (aiden) What Cup You Want Me To Use? (leta) Does Anything Faze You? (aiden) I Fight People For A Living. Do You Honestly Think Peeing In A Cup Is Going To Frighten Me? (leta)

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Why Did You Leave? (aiden) I Took Care Of The Person Harassing Him. Threat Gone. Job Eliminated. Anything Else You Want To Know? Dental Records, Fingerprints? Retinal Scan? (leta) Urine Sample Would Work. (aiden) What Cup You Want Me To Use? (leta) Does Anything Faze You? (aiden) I Fight People For A Living. Do You Honestly Think Peeing In A Cup Is Going To Frighten Me? (leta)

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Why Have I Always Been Forbidden To Touch Him? (stryker) Ours It Not To Question Why. Ours Is But To Live Or Die. (apollymi)

Because I Don’t Feel Broken When You Look At Me. (acheron) How Could You Feel Broken? (tory) I Was Shattered As A Child And Thrown Away, Like A Piece Of Trash No On Wanted. But You Don’t Treat Me Like That. You See In Me The Human Bit And You Touch That Part Of Me. You Make Me Feel Whole And Wanted. (acheron)

Hey, Ms. P," Tad Called, "what's Going On?" She Let Out A Slow Breath Before She Answered. "you Won't Believe This... Brian Murrey Tried To Eat Scott Morgan." Nick's Eyes Widened At The Unexpected Explanation. Had He Heard That Right?

Yes, He’s A Good Boy. Never Been In Trouble At School And He’s On The Honor Roll. Captain Of The Football Team. All-around Psycho Serial Killer Who Hides Bodies In The Fridge Whenever His Parents Go Out Of Town. (nick) I Also Eat Babies For Breakfast And Torture Small Animals For Fun. My Therapist Says I’m Making Real Progress Though. (caleb)

Yeah, I’m Thinking It’s A Reunion Or, Since It Is Our Classmates, A Collection Of Idiots. Let’s Call It A Meese. Like Geese, Only With Morons. (caleb)

So You’re Telling Me That Right Now I’m Responsible For Acheron’s Beloved Pet And The Favorite Sister Of The Fates? (zarek) Tell Fang-boy I’m Not A Pet. If He Doesn’t Take A Nicer Tone To Me, He’s Going To Be Really Sorry. (simi)

Where Are My Guards? (wulf) Oh, One Is Right Here, But He’s Not Feeling Very Talkative. Death Has A Way Of Making Even The Chattiest Of People Rather Quite. As For The Other…he’s…oh, Wait, Dead Now. (stryker)

He Would Remember Their Kiss Forever. She Wouldn’t Recall Him At All.’ (wulf)

Look! You Got Sparklies Like Akri. He Gives All Of His To Me. He Say I Look Beautiful In Sparklies, ‘specially Them Red Ones That Match My Eyes. Here, Astrid. I Know You Can’t See It, Astrid, But It’s Very Lovely, Like You. You Need To Wear That And Then You Have Sparklies, Too. But Still No Hornays. We Need To Fix You Up With Hornays One Day So You Can Be A Demon, Too. It’s Fun Being A Demon – Except When People Try To Exercise You…wait, That’s Not The Right Word. I Forget, But You Know What I Mean. (simi)

All Right, Everyone. Fess Up. Who Just Shat In Their Pants? C’mon. Admit It. I Know I Did And I’m Wolf Enough To Own It.” – Sasha

You Punk Asshole. What Was This? A Game For You? This Is My Life’s Work You Just Annihilated And For What? Shits And Giggles? Or Was This Nothing More Than A Fraternity Prank? Please Tell Me That You Didn’t Just Ruin My Integrity To Get Some Kind Of Drinking Points. This Is Something I’ve Been Working For Since Before You Were Born. How Dare You Make A Mockery Of Me. I Hope To God That One Day Someone Degrades You Like This So That You’ll Know, Just Once In Your Spoiled Pompous Life, What Humiliation Feels Like! (tory)

If It Is Our Destiny To Be Hit By The Train, We Will Be Hit By The Train. The Only Thing We Can Change Is How The Train Turns Us Into A Hamburger.

Bring Mine Unopened, With A Napkin And An Opener. (blaine) What? Afraid I’m Going To Spit In It, Big Boy? (aimee)

He Was The Captain Of The Chess Club And An A-plus Student.” – Nick “why Would Anyone Think He’s A Demon?” – Tate “the World Is Insane, And You’re Asking Me For The Reasoning Of A Psycho? I’m Not A Profiler.” – Acheron

What Are You? (danger) Well, Had You Listened Before You Stabbed Me, You Would Have Heard The ‘i’m Acheron’s Squire’ Part. Apparently That Somehow Escaped Your Hearing And You Mistook Me For A Pin Cushion. (alexion)

If She’s So Important, Why Aren’t You Here Guarding Her? (wulf) Mostly Because This Ain’t Buffy And There’s Not One Single Hellmouth To Guard. I’m Up To My Armpits In Armageddon Down Here In New Orleans And Not Even I Can Physically Be In Two Places At Once. (acheron)

What Were You Thinking? You Just Met Him. (selena) I Know. It’s So Not Like Me, But I Couldn’t Help Myself. It Was Just Like That Weird Magnetic Force That Grabs Me When I’m Walking Past The Frostbyte Café And Makes Me Swerve In To Get A Triple Scoop Of Ben And Jerry’s Chunky Monkey. The Power Of Temptation Was Just Too Much, Selena. I Couldn’t Resist It. He Was A Chunky Monkey Container And All I Could Think Was, ‘someone Give Me A Spoon.’ (sunshine)

Look. Let’s Just Say He’s In Tabitha’s Line Of Work. Okay? (selena) Ladies’ Lingerie? He Hardly Looks The Type To Sell That. (sunshine)

I Swear, Kat, You Drive Like You’re Playing A Video Game. (cassandra) Yeah, Yeah. Wanna See The Ray Gun I Have Under The Hood To Zap Them If They Don’t Get Out Of My Way? (katra)

Speaking Of Friends…why Did Our New Coyote Buddies Run From You?” – Sundown “i’m That Badass.” – Sasha “seriously.” – Sundown “o Ye Of Little Faith. You Doubt My Rep? My Skills?” – Sasha “and Your Brains.” – Sundown

Want To Come Back To The Morgue With Me After Lunch? (tate) I Shudder At The Thought Of The Pickup Line You Must Have Used The Night You Met Lashonda. Come With Me, Baby, And See My Collection Of Stiffs. (simone)

It's Settled, Then," Grace Said. She Turned Back To Nick. "take The Jag To The Car Wash And For Heaven's Sake Clean The Mcdonald's Happy Meal Boxes Out Of It." "hey," Nick Said, His Face Offended. "that's A Low Blow. Those Boxes Are Collectibles.

I Saw My Whole Life Flash Before My Eyes, Boss. It Was Horrific. I Haven’t Done Anything To Regret Yet And It’s Been Way Too Brief. I At Least Want A License Before I Check Out, You Know?

Sunshine, It’s The Celt Wanting A Little Reassurance That I Haven’t Eaten You Or Anything. (vane)

In All The Universe, Your Mother Is The Only Thing That Truly Scares Me, Especially Where You’re Concerned. I Don’t Ever Want To Be On Her Dark Side. (adron) Ha Ha. And Need I Remind You My Mother Wasn’t The One Screaming At The Pool When You Got Shoved In. (devyn) Yeah, All Right, So We Both Have Screwed-up, Irrational Mothers. (adron)

Guys, We’re So Screwed. The Women Know We Didn’t Go Hunting. (kyrian) You Think? What Idiot Came Up With That Lie? (zarek) I’m Not An Idiot. And It’s Not Like I Lied. I Just Omitted What Exactly We Were Hunting And Where We Were Doing It. (talon) Like Your Wives Wouldn’t Know Better? When Was The Last Time Mr. Armani Hunted Something That Didn’t Have A Price Tag On It? Oh, And The Loafers And Trousers Are Perfect Camouflage. (zarek)

What The Matter, Zarek? You Afraid To Die? (thanatos) Dying’s Easy. It’s Living That’s Hard. (zarek)

(zarek Slammed His Combined Fists Down Across Thanatos’s Back.) If Anyone Has Any Suggestions On How To Kill This Guy, I’m Open To It. (zarek) I’m Out Of Dynamite. You Got Any Grenades? (jess) Not On Me. (zarek) Say Die, Dark-hunter. (thanatos) Fine. Die, Why Don’t You? (zarek)

How Did You Escape? (syd) I Fought My Way Out In A Manner That Would Have Made Rambo Proud. And When I Got Home Without His Body Because I Couldn’t Pull Him Out Without Getting Myself Killed, I Got Slapped In My Face By Everyone Around Me. So Don’t Talk To Me About Death, Little Girl. I Wrote The Book On It. (steele)

I’m Here Because I Know The Sadness Inside You. I Know What It Feels Like To Wake In The Morning, Lost And Lonely And Aching For Someone To Be There With Me. (sebastian)

I'm Beginning To Think The Only Choice Anyone Has In Life Is Between Either A Bad Choice Or A Worse One.

I'm A Gunfighter, Jim, Not A Demonologist." Sin Moved Past Him So That He Could Burn The Body O N The Ground. "nice Bones Impression. Roddenberry Would Be Proud.

I Should Be Extremely Sorry To Find That In A Fictitious Proceeding, Instituted For The More Easy Attaining Of Justice, Different Rules Were To Obtain In The Different Courts.

Look At His Hair. He Looks Like His Father. (cassandra) He Has Your Lungs. (wulf) Oh, Please! (cassandra) Trust Me. Every Apollite Here Knows That My Parents Were Unmarried At My Birth, And That If You Survive The Night, You Plan On Making Me A Eunuch. (wulf)

Simi? What Was It You Told Me Once About Families? We Have Three Kinds Of Family. Those We Are Born To, Those Who Are Born To Us, And Those We Let Into Our Hearts.

I’m Going To Make The Wildly Unfounded Assumption That Satara’s Dead By Your Hand And Not Tory’s. Now, Stay With Me On This, Cajun. My Father Slit My Throat And Murdered My Wife Because He Thought I’d Betrayed Him By Getting Married. Before That, He Loved Me More Than His Life And I Was His Last Surviving Child. His Second In Command. Now What Do You Think He’s Going To Do To You Once He Sees Her Body? I Can Assure You, It Won’t Be A Fun-filled Trip To Chuck E. Cheese. (urian)

I Don't Want You Skinny, Bride. I Like You As You Are." His Breath Tickled Her Neck As He Spoke And Sent Heat All Over Her. "my People Have A Saying. Meat Is For The Man, The Bone Is For The Dog." "yeah, But You're Both." "and When Given A Choice Between Ribs And Steak, I Go For Top Choice Every Time.

Remember What I’ve Told You. Looks Can Often Deceive You. A Poor Man Can Don The Robes Of A Prince And A Prince Can Be Shoeless In The Street. We Judge People By What Their Actions Are, Not By The Clothes They Wear. (eleni)

What Would He Imagine Next? Little Hairy Beasties Tap-dancing On His Sofa, Or Other Fey Creatures Sneaking Up On Him In The Shower?’ (syn)

Sundown- When The Sun Must Make Peace With The Moon And For A Few Brief Moments, The Two Touch In Mutual Friendship And Respect. Perfect Balance Between The Light And Dark. A Time For Reflection And For Preparation.

…life Isn’t A Puzzle To Be Solved. It’s An Adventure To Be Savored. Let Every Challenge Be A New Mountain To Climb, Not An Obstacle To Get In Your Way And Stop You. Yeah, It’ll Be Hard, But Once You Reach The Summit Of It, You’ll Be Able To See The World For What It Really Is. And At The Top, It Never Seems To Have Been As Difficult A Feat To Climb There As You First Made It Out To Be. Most Of All, You’ll Know That You Beat That Mountain, And That You Rule It. It Does Not Rule You.

So, You Got Qvc? (simi) Afraid Not, Sweetie. (astrid) You Got Soap Net? (zarek Shook His Head.) You Got Any Tv? (simi) Sorry. (zarek) Are You Kidding? You Boring People. A Demon Needs Her Cable. Akri Done Tricked Me. He Didn’t Tell Me I’d Have To Go Without Cable. (simi)

How Did You Get Me Here? (tory) I Have My Evil Jedi Ways. The Force Is Strong With This One. (acheron)

Have You Ever Wanted Something That You Knew Was Bad For You? Something That You Ached For So Much You Could Think Of Nothing Else? [wren]

You Look So Out Of Your Element. (savitar) I Am Out Of My Element. Much Like You In A Seattle Goth Club. (acheron) I’m Never Out Of My Element, Atlantean. And It Must Be Dire Indeed To Get You In Shorties, And On A Board. One Day I’m Actually Going To Get You To Say ‘rad Four-mill Steamer, Dude! (savitar)

Please Tell Me The Cave Just Had A Little Indigestion. (kat)

What Planet Are You From? Obviously Planet Insanity Was Missing A Local, Long-term Resident.' (nick)

See What? I Didn’t See Anything. There Were No Scary People There. Nothing Freaky. I’m Going Home Now And Tomorrow I’m Going To Have The Doctors Check For A Brain Tumor. Full Battery Of Tests. Whole Nine Yard. Whatever’s Wrong With Me, We’ll Find It And Deal With It. At This Point, My Vote Is Either Tumor Or Space Alien Testing. Either One Works For Me. (geary)

Hey, T-rex? Remind Me Next Time I Want To Get Smartass With You That It’s A Really Stupid Move On My Part? (talon) Oh, No, You Don’t, You Wuss. You Told Me The Next Time You Saw Ash You Were Going To Ask Him If He’d Seen The Movie 10,000 Bc And If It’d Made Him Homesick. (wulf)

Fine. I’m A Skotos (xypher) That Means What? You Have Toe Jam? (simone)

Sweetie, In Our World, Fair’s Got Nothing To Do With Anything. He Who Has The Greatest Power Wins. It’s Why We’re All Willing To Kill Each Other Off Without Flinching. (solin)

See How Exciting Anthropology Is? He’s A Leading Expert In Ancient Greece. Now You Should All Change Your Majors So That You Can Ogle Men Like Him All Day Long. Or Better Yet, Uncover Naked Male Statues. (tory) Was That Necessary? (acheron) Hey, I Live To Recruit Students For The Department. If I Can Make You Good For Something, Then By Golly I’m Going To Do It. (tory)

I Swear, Daimons Or Not, If You Don’t Behave, Z, I’m Going To Send You To Antarctica And Leave You There To Rot. (acheron) Ooo. I’m Terrified. Those Killer Penguins And Hairy Seals Are Really Scary. (zarek)

Next Time I’ll Just Send The Three Of You E-mails. What Was I Thinking When I Decided To Have This Meeting? (acheron) Oh, I Know. That Men Who Are A Couple Of Thousand Years Old Could Actually Behave Like Grownups? (nick) (zarek Elbowed Nick In The Stomach.) Oops. Involuntary Arm Spasm. (zarek)

Black Belt In Akihito. (amanda) Any Other Time, I'd Kiss You For That. (kyrian)

Why Can’t You Ever Answer A Simple Question? (wulf) Ask Me A Simple Question And You Will Get A Simple Answer. (acheron)

Yeah, It Never Fails To Amaze Me How A Single Lie Can Undo An Entire Lifetime Of Good. (aiden)

He Probably Couldn’t Turn Off His Sexiness Without Medical Intervention.’ (abbie)

Tell Me Again How Great You Are, Asshole. Nothing Like A Steel Enema To Ruin Even Your Best Day. (fang)

My Father Tutored Me Well On Amnesia. He Always Said It Was A Necessary Ingredient For Any Friendship. (kiara)

Don’t Worry. It’ll Never Happen Again. You Know Me, I Do Date Occasionally, But I Usually Spend At Least A Few Normal, Boring Days With A Guy Before We Rock The House Down. Of Course, No One Ever Rocked My House Down The Way This Guy Did. He Leveled The Mother To Its Foundations. (sunshine)

I Can’t Believe This Night. I Was Supposed To Be Applauded And Instead, I’m Ruined. I Swear To God In Heaven If I Ever See That Man Again, I Will Commit Murder. (tory) Well, If You Need Help Moving The Body, You Know Where Kim And I Live. (pam)

You Hurt Any Of Us Or Those We Love Again And So Help Me, I Won’t Stop Until I’ve Pulled You Into So Many Pieces, You’ll Think You’ve Been Through A Grinder. (fang)

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