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...haven't been drinking water, right? Hey - some things don't look so different. -Tov Go to Hell -Piers If I were food...? Are you off, off your head? -Fedya -- ...

To run past time. Naturally. -Tov That would have to be when I have time. Time's a bloody bastard, never holds when you need and runs like Tov when you ...

Yes, if you've asked for it, s'istra moya . But I'd prefer to leave it mostly to words. -Tasia Ha. Violently what? That's an answer, right? Ought to be. -Tov ...

...Punished? Hey - only if you get caught, right? I didn't. -Tov That's the kind of thing parents who know what you're doing work on. If they don't, bloody hell, ...

...Tasia says da , right? Not a compliment. Usually. Hey, she just doesn't like good answers; or maybe lies. -Tov I s'pose when I have to be; it's not something ...

Depends on what shape, right? -Tov -- How tall are you?

Ha. If it weren't, you couldn't tell, right? It could be. You'd believe me if I said 'yes'? -Tov -- Can you hear yourself think?

Er, I'm not stupid, right? Means no. Probably. -Tov -- Would you rather/have been the betrayer, more than betrayed?

Probably the day I was born. Right? -Tov Some time during September; I've never kept track. -Piers -- Is that really your name?

Ha, obviously... Wait - serious question? Gavno , you know I'm not stupid, right? -Tov Are you... Bloody hell, when did you hit your head? -Piers Yes? - Vasya If ...

Yes. ...Honest. Hell - I said it with a straight face. For, ah, ten seconds, right? -Tov I don't know - I've been bloody panicked, and couldn't breathe. But, God, ...

Ha. Ballroom...? Do you think I'd try? Er, hey, didn't think you were meant to answer that, right? -Tov -- Quick to think or quick to act?

Probably. Means yes, right? Or, hey, it could. -Tov Yes. -Piers Is that a question you usually ask? Yes. But I don't think they use them much but on Vostok, ...

Idiots. Stupid questions. ...Wait, serious? Ha - you thought that wasn't serious? The truth, right? -Tov ...sleeping in the cold, and Hell - being bloody drunk. I might say thinking ...

Archer's Goon -- Diana Wynne Jones. Oy, has she got the oddest mind for the peculiar twists of time and character. ...and, something else - which I can't at the ...