’ She chuckled as she held out a paper bag, ‘And I will teach you how to wash yourself, my little friend. That way, we have even more time to talk... And you shouldn’t worry about trying to think of something to talk about all of the time. Here, this is for you.’ The girl reached for it and pulled out a small Oriental-style toy boat. She held it up, fascinated with it. When she looked at Mòlì, she saw the slightly sheepish grin there. ‘I still like to play with boats, too. Other than the main. Shoulders back, bust out, chin high, shake my curls to get her attention, then speak in a high but sweet voice, if I could manage it."Don't, Pearl," I said. There was just a touch of pleading in my voice, for Pearl usually a signal to lunge in for the kill. I had better be more aggressive. "You know perfectly well that Bea has been getting me ready for tonight for months. In fact, what with her planning and shopping and rehearsing me, she's had very little else on her mind for some time. I've. Chances were that this accumulated death toll was likely even higher.Over the next four hours, she had made the entire second floor completely safe and secure. She never uttered a single discernible word, other than the occasional odd sort of ‘clicking’ sound that either she or her costume sometimes emanated when she was in especially deep thought. Already I could tell that my heroine visitor was a rather peculiar sort of person, who had very limited ‘people skills’. She often muttered to. When they had changed and Julie and Sylvia were ready to return to their own world, they offered their gowns back to Lithonien. He refused, saying that they could keep them as a memory of their night with the elves of Greemwood. "Keep them safe," he said, "they will neither decay nor fade as long as you continue to believe, but should you forget us, they will vanish without trace."As they made their farewells, Lithonien spoke once more, "May I suggest that you both have sexual relations with.