She hung upside down from the branch above him, the opposable thumbs of her feet hanging on easily.He chuckled between pants at her pleased expression... "I give you this one, kid. You are much better at climbing than I can hope to be." At least there's something I'm better at than you are," she mumbled mostly to herself.Standing carefully, a hand on the tree's trunk, Denzin reached out, his hand cupping the back of Shime's neck. "I'm sure there are plenty of things you do better than I do.". In place of marble, dark green jadeWas used, that, if it were abused,The column would not be misused.When the day came, the city paidA visit the scene to seeWhich, of the sculptors three should win--It was so quiet that a pinDropped could be heard; each of the three,Hammers and chisels in their hands,Stood poised, ready to carve their minds'Images into the jade, blind,As deaf, to the crowds in the stands.None wanted parrot or mynaBird, and none sought the ring of gold,Not if the truth is to be. Finally it was time for Study Hall, so I headed to the school’s library where it was held. Because we were Seniors we were able to check in at the front with Mr. Peterson and then be on our own until the end of the period. I walked back to the Science section, sat down in my usual seat at my usual table in the back and took out my notebook to go over some notes from History. “Boo!”Hands fell onto my shoulders and I jumped at the loud whisper.I looked up and smiled at Hannah, “Hi!”“Hi friend,”. Face it, I control all of the weather in Hell and I keep things just as I like them in most places ... just under twenty-four degrees Celsius. That’s seventy-five on the Fahrenheit scale, but who cares, right?“I like it when people are happy and comfortable in their weather ... and when they feel free to go naked most of the time. It’s not as if the ground is covered in flames anymore, as it was in many places in Hell in the old days. It was much hotter and less pleasant back then. Back then,.