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“Are you okay?鈥�
鈥渊别补丑.鈥�
鈥淕ood,鈥� she said, 鈥渂ecause if you fall off a skyscraper, I鈥檒l be so mad at you.”
― Joel N. Ross, The Lost Compass

“It was going to be our job to annoy someone?鈥�
鈥淚 know鈥攊t鈥檚 a dream come true!”
― Joel N. Ross, The Lost Compass

“Are you . . . lost?鈥�
鈥淣ot really,鈥� she told him. 鈥淲e just don鈥檛 know where we鈥檙e going.”
― Joel N. Ross, The Lost Compass

“What are you doing?鈥� I asked Loretta.
鈥淪tabbing a cushion,鈥� she told me.”
― Joel N. Ross, The Lost Compass

“After an hour the score was:
蚕耻补苍肠颈迟补鈥�34
搁补诲颈锄鈥�51
厂补濒濒测鈥撵谤辞驳濒别驳蝉
Perla鈥�9 and 21
惭别鈥� hoo-hoo-hooo”
― Joel N. Ross, The Lost Compass

“Keep moving!鈥�
鈥淏ea鈥檚 arguing with the floor.”
― Joel N. Ross, The Lost Compass

“Now?鈥� I asked. 鈥淟ike, now now?鈥�
鈥淲hat other kind of now is there?鈥� Loretta asked.”
― Joel N. Ross, The Lost Compass

“Uh, she said maybe your eyes matched the Fog like a synchronous magnetic field?鈥�
鈥淚 don鈥檛 even know what language that is.”
― Joel N. Ross, The Lost Compass

“...Loretta threatened to beat him to death with a wooden spoon...”
― Joel N. Ross, The Lost Compass

“Loretta started belting out a song: 鈥淩ow, row, row your boat, sitting in a tree! K-I-S-S-I-N-G !”
― Joel N. Ross, The Lost Compass

“We鈥檙e alive!鈥� Swedish told her. 鈥淚 did not see that coming.”
― Joel N. Ross, The Lost Compass

“Did Cap鈥檔 Vidious leave that? He is such a cuddlebunny.鈥�
鈥淵eah,鈥� I said, 鈥渢hat鈥檚 exactly how I鈥檇 describe him.”
― Joel N. Ross, The Lost Compass

“You know what to do?鈥�
鈥淲ander around,鈥� I said. 鈥淯ntil I spot a self-assembled whangdoodle from the Foggy depths.”
― Joel N. Ross, The Lost Compass

“Did you just call me 鈥榮weetie鈥�?鈥� I asked.
She shoved my shoulder. 鈥淣o.”
― Joel N. Ross, The Lost Compass

“Well, the bad news,鈥� Swedish said from the wheel, 鈥渋s that Chess still thinks he鈥檚 funny.鈥�
鈥淲hat鈥檚 the good news?鈥� Loretta asked, leaning on our little copper-tubed harpoon. 鈥淭hat Kodoc dropped a bomb on the city?”
― Joel N. Ross, The Lost Compass

“Now you鈥檙e listening to Swedish ?鈥� I asked her. 鈥淗e thinks I鈥檓 the Compass because every time I see ticktocks, I happen to be there!”
― Joel N. Ross, The Lost Compass

“If Chess is the switch,鈥� Loretta said, 鈥渉ow does he turn the Fog off?鈥�

Bea bit her lower lip. 鈥淚 don鈥檛 know鈥攁sk Chess.鈥�
鈥淗ow would I know?鈥� I said. 鈥淵ou try being a switch.”
― Joel N. Ross, The Lost Compass

“Why would they follow me?鈥� I asked Swedish. 鈥淚t doesn鈥檛 make sense.鈥�
鈥淭hey鈥檙e made of trash and Fog,鈥� he said. 鈥淵ou think they make sense?”
― Joel N. Ross, The Lost Compass

“With a silent order, I urged Snout forward鈥攂ut he veered away, charging toward Hazel instead. No, Snout! I thought. Toward the roof! He ignored me. That was the problem with a machine that obeyed your thoughts. Instead of doing what you said, it did what you wanted.

鈥淭he Predator !鈥� Hazel shouted at me as I heaved toward the irrigation tower. 鈥淪top the Predator !鈥�

鈥淚鈥檓 trying!鈥� I yelled back. 鈥淚 can鈥檛!鈥�
鈥淲hy not?鈥�
鈥溾€機ause this stupid thing brought me to you instead.鈥�
鈥淲hy?鈥� Then she looked at my face again and said, 鈥淎w, that鈥檚 sweet.鈥�
I flushed. 鈥淥h, shut up.”
― Joel N. Ross, The Lost Compass

“Wait a second,鈥� I said. 鈥淒id we just win?”
― Joel N. Ross, The Lost Compass