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“It's all right," said Wolf. "You loved her. I would feel the same if someone wanted to erase Scarlet's identity and give it to Levana's army.

Scarlet stiffened, heat rushing into her cheeks. He certainly wasn't insinuating . . .

"Aaaaw," squealed Iko. "Did Wolf just say that he loves Scarlet? That's so cute!"

Scarlet cringed. "He did not--that wasn't--" She balled her fists against her sides. "Can we get back to these soldiers that are being rounded up, please?"

"Is she blushing? She sounds like she's blushing."

"She's blushing," Thorne confirmed, shuffling the cards. "Actually, Wolf is also looking a little flustered--”
― marissa meyer, Cress

“All right, Miss Cryptic. What's the new plan, then?"
Glancing around the room, Cinder tipped up her chin. "It starts with kidnapping the groom."
Iko's hand shot into the air.
"Yes, Iko?"
"That is the best idea ever. Count me in.”
― Marissa Meyer, Cress

“Prince Kai! Check my fan, I think I'm overheating.”
― Marissa Meyer, Cinder

“Come on, Iko.鈥�
Iko was still hiding, hugging herself self-consciously. 鈥淚s he looking?鈥�
Kai raised an eyebrow.
鈥淗e鈥檚 not looking,鈥� said Cinder.
A hesitation. 鈥淎re you sure?鈥�
Cinder gestured exasperatedly at Kai. 鈥淵ou鈥檙e not looking.鈥�
He cast his eyes to the ceiling. 鈥淥h, for all the stars." Crossing his arms, he turned his back on them.”
― Marissa Meyer, Cress

“See? Injustice. Here we are, risking our lives to rescue Kai and this whole planet, and Adri and Pearl get to go to the royal wedding. I鈥檓 disgusted. I hope they spill soy sauce on their fancy dresses.鈥�

Jacin鈥檚 concern turned fast to annoyance. 鈥淵our ship has some messed-up priorities, you know that?鈥�

鈥淚ko. My name is Iko. If you don鈥檛 stop calling me the 鈥榮hip,鈥� I am going to make sure you never have hot water during your showers again, do you understand me?鈥�

鈥淵eah, hold that thought while I go disable the speaker system.鈥�

鈥淲hat? You can鈥檛 mute me. Cinder!”
― Marissa Meyer, Cress

“My point is that I am going to figure this out, like I always do. First, we鈥檙e going to find a way to get into Artemisia. We鈥檙e going to find Cress and rescue Cinder and Wolf. We鈥檙e going to overthrow Levana, and by the stars above, we are going to make Cinder a queen so she can pay us a lot of money from her royal coffers and we can all retire very rich and very alive, got it?"

Winter started to clap. "Brilliant speech. Such gumption and bravado."

"And yet strangely lacking in any sort of actual strategy," said Scarlet.

"Oh, good, I'm glad you noticed that too," said Iko. "I was worried my processor might be glitching.”
― Marissa Meyer, Winter

“Cinder," Iko said after a few silent minutes of explorations. "I'm enormous.”
― Marissa Meyer, Scarlet

“The other girl, Iko, cupped her chin with both hands. "This is so much better than a net drama.”
― Marissa Meyer, Cress

“My net search is finding only a Cadet Carswell Thorne, of the American Republic, imprisoned in New Beijing prison on鈥�"
"That's him," said Cinder, ignoring Thorne's glare.
Another silence as the heat in the engine room hovered just upside of comfortable. The, "You're... rather handsome, Captain Thorne."
Cinder groaned.
"And you, my fine lady, are the most gorgeous ship in these skies, and don't let anyone ever tell you different."
The temperature drifted upward, until Cinder dropped her arms with a sigh. "Iko, are you intentionally blushing?"
The temperature dropped back down to pleasant. "No," Iko said. Then, "But am I really pretty? Even as a ship?"
"The prettiest," said Thorne.”
― Marissa Meyer, Scarlet

“Cinder has a bit of a crush on him,鈥� Thorne stage-whispered. 鈥淒on鈥檛 we all?鈥� said Iko.”
― Marissa Meyer, Scarlet

“When they reached a maintenance closet, Iko ushered the escort-droid inside.

鈥淚 want you to know that I hold nothing against you,鈥� she said, by way of introduction. 鈥淚 understand that it isn鈥檛 your fault your programmer had so little imagination.鈥�

The escort-droid held her gaze with empty eyes.

鈥淚n another life, we could have been sisters, and I feel it鈥檚 important to acknowledge that.鈥�

A blank stare. A blink, every six seconds.

鈥淏ut as it stands, I鈥檓 a part of an important mission right now, and I cannot be swayed from my goal by my sympathy for androids who are less advanced than myself.鈥�

Nothing.

鈥淎ll right then.鈥� Iko held out her hands. 鈥淚 need your clothes.”
― Marissa Meyer, Cress

“She heard footsteps thumping from the crew quarters and Jacin appeared in the cargo bay, eyes wide. 鈥淲hat happened? Why is the ship screaming?鈥�

鈥淣othing. Everything鈥檚 fine,鈥� Cinder stammered.

鈥淣o, everything is not fine,鈥� said Iko. 鈥淗ow can they be invited? I鈥檝e never seen a bigger injustice in all my programmed life, and believe me, I have seen some big injustices.鈥�

Jacin raised an eyebrow at Cinder.

鈥淲e just learned that my former guardian received an invitation to the wedding.鈥� She opened the tab beside her stepmother鈥檚 name, thinking maybe it was a mistake.

But of course not.

Linh Adri had been awarded 80,000 univs and an official invitation to the royal wedding as an act of gratitude for her assistance in the ongoing manhunt for her adopted and estranged daughter, Linh Cinder.

鈥淏ecause she sold me out,鈥� she said, sneering. 鈥淔igures.鈥�

鈥淪ee? Injustice. Here we are, risking our lives to rescue Kai and this whole planet, and Adri and Pearl get to go to the royal wedding. I鈥檓 disgusted. I hope they spill soy sauce on their fancy dresses.鈥�

Jacin鈥檚 concern turned fast to annoyance. 鈥淵our ship has some messed-up priorities, you know that?鈥�

鈥淚ko. My name is Iko. If you don鈥檛 stop calling me the 鈥榮hip,鈥� I am going to make sure you never have hot water during your showers again, do you understand me?鈥�

鈥淵eah, hold that thought while I go disable the speaker system.鈥�

鈥淲hat? You can鈥檛 mute me. Cinder!”
― Marissa Meyer, Cress

“Kai frowned at her. "Who are you?"
She brightened. "Oh, I'm Iko! You may not remember me, but we met at the market that day you brought in the android, only I was about this tall"--she held her hand at hip height--"and shaped kind of like an enormous pear, and significantly more pale.”
― Marissa Meyer, Cress

“Sorry, sorry, don鈥檛 mind me, coming through, oh why hello there鈥斺€� This to a particularly handsome Kai look-alike droid, which had no more reaction than any of the others. 鈥淥r not,鈥� she muttered, brushing past him. 鈥淧ardon me, a little space, please?”
― Marissa Meyer, Cress

“Iko, did we break into that guardhouse and broadcast Cinder's message across all of Luna?"
"Yes, Captain."
"And, Scarlet, did I rescue you and Wolf when the entire city of Paris was under siege?"
She raised an eyebrow at him. "Actually, I'm pretty sure Cinder-"
"Yes, I did.”
― Marissa Meyer, Winter

“He gave Cress a quick farewell embrace,then pulled Iko into a hug. Iko squeaked, frozen.When Kai pulled away,Iko looked from him,to Cinder, then back.Her eyes suddenly rolled up into her head and she collapsed onto the floor.”
― Marissa Meyer, Winter

“Scarlet cocked her head. 鈥淎re you sure you don鈥檛 want me to go? It鈥檚 going to require some precise manuvering to attach to the docking clamp, and from what Cinder told me about your flying skills鈥︹€�
鈥淲hat do you mean? What did Cinder say about my flying skills?鈥�
Scarlet and Cinder shared a look. 鈥淣aturally, she told me that you鈥檙e a fantastic pilot,鈥� said Scarlet, 鈥淎bsolutely top-notch.鈥�
鈥淚 think she was practicing her sarcasm,鈥� said Iko.
Thorne glared, but Cinder only shrugged.”
― Marissa Meyer, Cress

“Having a mental breakdown is not on my list of things to do today.”
― Marissa Meyer, Cinder

“Now, what I鈥檓 worried about is how we鈥檙e going to be dividing the reward money when this is all over. Because this ship is starting to feel awfully crowded and I鈥檓 not sure I鈥檓 happy with all of you cutting into my profits.鈥�
鈥淲hat reward money?鈥� asked Scarlet.
鈥淭he reward Cinder鈥檚 going to pay us out of the Lunar treasury once she鈥檚 queen.鈥�
Cinder rolled her eyes. 鈥淚 should have guessed.”
― Marissa Meyer, Cress

“Iko held up a hand. "You need a system debug if you're suggesting that I would abandon you know.”
― Marissa Meyer, Winter

“But I'm... How can I... No hand, no visual sensor, humongous landing gear... Are those supposed to be my feet?"
" Well, no. It's supposed to be landing gear."
"Oh, what's become of me? I'm hideous!"
"Now hold on just a minute there, Miss disembodied voice." Throne strode into the engine room and crossed his arms. "What do you mean 'hideous'?"
"Who's that? Who's speaking?"
"I am Captain Carswell Thorne, the owner of this fine ship and I will not stand to have her insulted in my presence!" Cinder rolled her eyes.
"Captain Carswell Thorne?"
"That's right."
A brief silence, "My net search is finding only Cadet Carswell Thorne."
"That's him." Said Cinder
Another silence as the heat in the engine room rose. "You're rather handsome, Captain"
"And you my fine lady, are the most gorgeous ship in these skies, and don't let anyone tell you other wise."
"Iko, are you intentionally blushing?"
"But am I really pretty? Even as a ship?"
"The prettiest.”
― Marissa Meyer, Scarlet

“Broken isn't the same as UN-fixable”
― Marissa Meyer, Winter

“And you are going to get her far away from here. Keep her hidden.鈥� She planted her hands on her hips. 鈥淎nd here we were just keeping her holed up in a tiny little house in a completely random mining sector. Why didn鈥檛 it ever occur to us to try and keep her hidden?鈥� Kinney鈥檚 face was unreadable for a long moment before he asked, 鈥淵ou understand sarcasm?鈥� 鈥淥f course I understand sarcasm,鈥� she spat. 鈥淚t鈥檚 not like it鈥檚 theoretical physics, is it?鈥� The guard鈥檚 jaw worked for a moment, before he shook his head and turned away.”
― Marissa Meyer, Winter

“I do not 'boss.' I advise decisively.”
― Marissa Meyer, Gone Rogue

“I will wait for you until the gold from the sun dwindles away.”
― H.S. Crow, Lunora and the Monster King

“That's very...big of you.”
― Marissa Meyer

“She could be a fire hazard. Maybe we should remove her from the ship before she spontaneously combusts.”
― Marissa Meyer, Wires and Nerve

“Oh, yuck,鈥� said Iko, trying to cover the hole with both hands. 鈥淚 hate when my wiring is showing.鈥�

鈥淚 know the feeling.鈥� Cinder pulled a pair of pliers off the wall鈥檚 magnetic strip.”
― Marissa Meyer, Cress

“if you don't want to do any heavy lifting then stop havis such impressive muscles”
― Marissa Meyer, Stars Above