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“wincing, as a scree of loose stone fell to the ground with a clatter. She thought Cameron might stand. Instead, he sat on the rock as if watching a sunset, in full view of the mothership. Piper finally found her voice. She reached up and took his wrist, tugging. But really, what did she think she would do? Drag him off, give him a concussion against the hot, baked ground? “It’s going to see us.” “It can already see us.” Jeanine piped up. “We haven’t seen any shuttles since leaving”
― Sean Platt, Annihilation

“looks lovely. Thanks, Mo. I will of course be claiming it as my own.’ She smiled and took the large bowl into her hands. ‘I shan’t tell a soul,”
― Amanda Prowse, My Husband's Wife

“just stay away from her.” “Why?” “Just stay away from her--that’s all,” he said. He stared over the railing again. In the yard, birds were swooping down, landing on the lawn and pecking at the grass seed our mother had spread yesterday. It was no wonder why the lawn always had the scruffy look, with tiny bare spots here and there. You just couldn’t put down enough grass seed--there were just too many birds. On the landing the old man started to murmur,”
― Tom Upton, Fading Away

“either, though there was that. Mostly, he needed someone to hurt, and this group of five was all he had. Because about that, Cameron was right: There had been no Astrals since they’d left Cottonwood. Their absence had seemed lucky. But now, looking at Cameron, Andreus had to admit he’d always seen it as convenient as well. “We stop whining,” Andreus said, “and we start finding solutions.” “Just walk up there,”
― Sean Platt, Annihilation