Sublime

“Dezzy!” Tovah said, recognized the girl now. She sank to a knee, which was not only the proper way to address children but a nifty evasive maneuver vis-à-vis their crypto-creepy progenitors.

sopping

“Nothing happened,” Sean said. “I’ve had all sorts of adventures. Good times, bad times. You know I’ve had my share …” “Seriously,” Tovah said. She must have clawed out of the womb saying that. “Seriously, I wasn’t measuring myself against a prophecy of me.” “We were,” Tovah said.