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Even Cynthia had to remember she was playing deaf and stop herself from crying out.
Even Cynthia had to remember she was playing deaf and stop herself from crying out.
“Even Cynthia had to remember she was playing deaf and stop herself from crying out.”
― A Darkling Plain
― A Darkling Plain
“Freya told me Caul has dreams about this place every night,” said Tom. “He dreams about Uncle’s voice, whispering to him the way it used to when he was a child. Why would Uncle keep talking to them all, over the speakers, even while they were asleep?”
― Infernal Devices
― Infernal Devices
“Those are what I call Magnetic Repellers. Once they are powered, the whole city will be able to swim in the currents of the earth’s magnetic field. It will hang a few feet above the ground —or above the water, indeed; it makes no difference. The small prototypes we made worked splendidly. All we need do now is to complete the electromagnetic engine that powers the repellers —” “The Kliest Coils!” cried Wren, like a plucky schoolgirl detective making a brilliant deduction.”
― A Darkling Plain
― A Darkling Plain
“But you’re Green Storm; they won’t harm you! I was Mayor of Brighton. You’ll tell them, won’t you, I was always an Anti-Tractionist at heart? I only accepted high office so that I could subvert the system from within. And I treated captured Mossies well, didn’t I? You can vouch for me; you had it easy on Cloud Nine, didn’t you —three good meals a day and you never had to carry anything heavier than a sunshade.” Oenone said, “I will tell them to treat you well.”
― A Darkling Plain
― A Darkling Plain
“Tom gazed down at the tiny forms of Londoners clambering over the new city, laying cables, welding girders, marking out the shapes of streets and buildings on the bare deckplates. “But it’s got no wheels,” Wren pointed out. “I can see you don’t know what Mag-Lev stands for, my dear,” said Dr. Childermass. “It’s a code name, isn’t it?” asked Tom, who didn’t know, either. “Oh no,” Dr. Childermass said. “Mag-Lev is just a shorter way of saying Magnetic Levitation.” “It floats!” said Wolf, gazing down at the new city entranced. “Like a gigantic hovercraft …”
― A Darkling Plain
― A Darkling Plain
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