Twit

"Mousies! Mousie mousie mousie mousie mousie mousie mousie! Moist mouse!" ~Shadow "Ugh. *shudders* I don't like mice." ~Alarise "I remember when I was little, there was a mouse who lived ...

"That boy in the rhyme. Johnny Stout, because he pulled Pussy out." ~Shadow "Gandalf would be fun, or Superman, because of all their powers, and Gandalf is a little like ...

"You can't do anything with days, they do things to you." ~Shadow "Well, at the moment it was supposed to be parties and dances but now they've all been cancelled!" ...

*Shadow blinks* "Silly? What is silly? Silly like dragon-silly?" "She means you, hybrid." ~Jemima "Oh! Oh, me. Why didn't she say so?" ~Shadow "Shadow's not silly, she's just... well, she's ...

*puts her head on one side* "Marylyn. Miss Marylyn. So many letters! There's an m and an n and l-y-n and yet another y! Why so many 'y's? Why why ...

"Those teeny-weeny little squiggles that mean words and numbers and capture the essence of things gone before?" ~Shadow "I can read!" ~Kit "Doing my A-levels at the moment." ~Clover "I ...

Like you said, not an immediate hook, but still intriguing. It starts off peacefully, but I'd definitely read on to see what came after. Shadow Tattybogle was quite certain of ...

Round

"As the philosopher Jagger said, 'You can't always get what you want'." ~Our favourite Diagnostician

No question! I'll ask one: Do you mind a break in your routine?

Cloud

Stars

Big hat

"Morley's song." ~Shadow "Loch Lomond." ~Fal. "Life on Mars." ~Clover Do you like chocolate?

Long robes.