Jun 30

“Blackmail, Dr Jackson”, Janet answered sunnily. “Blackmail.”

Jun 30

Although clearly confused by the idea of a noisy old man in bizarre garb who rode through the air on a vehicle drawn by shrub-headed animals, the children latched on to the concept of presents quickly enough.

Jun 29

532.

Jun 28

He took a sip with the air of a man who had no idea where coffee had materialized from, and was too grateful for its presence to stop and ponder the question.

Jun 28

We’re actually pretty good at communicating by raised eyebrows and pointed looks by this stage in our friendship as he immediately proved by getting what I was saying and murmuring, “Oh,” in mild surprise.

Jun 27

531.

Jun 26

Darting a sideways glance at the one who wasn’t pushing him forward at just the right pace to jar his twisted knee and bruise his flinching feet, he met the gimlet gaze of a man who looked ready and willing to hit him for even looking like he might be thinking something insulting. Daniel swallowed and decided raked gravel was way more interesting than he’d ever given it credit for up until now. Just look at those striations, almost shell-like, those little spits of stone so pale in the moonlight, and what kind of stone was this anyway…?

Jun 26

He’d never really liked really big men, the ones with doorway-filling shoulders and those expressions that suggested you were about as significant as bacteria because you’d never learned to throw a weirdly shaped ball.

Jun 25

530.

Jun 24

“No, Nick, I’m real. I’m real. You’re not hallucinating.”

“The hallucinations always say that.”

Jun 24

“I try not to shoot people unless I have to, in the hope that they’ll return the favour.”

Jun 23

529.

Jun 22

“Oh. Well, it’s hard to say.”

“Some sort of state secret?”

“No, just difficult to pronounce.”

Jun 22

“Oh, she doesn’t need any advice, and I wouldn’t be pompous enough to offer it.”

Jun 21

528.

Jun 20

“General, request permission to beat the crap out of this man.”

Jun 20

His rapport with the press involved seeing how rudely he could address them without having his remarks censored when and if they aired.

Jun 19

527.

Jun 18

“Another friend.” The word dripped with meaning.

She let out an exasperated sigh. “Yes. A friend. Wally is my friend. Diana is my friend, too. Kindly stop insinuating that I sleep with everyone I know.”

Jun 18

“Fine, I’ll never do it again.”

“Yes you will!”

“All the more reason this impending discussion is pointless.”

Jun 17

526.

Jun 16

“Anything you’d like to share, Mr. Collins?”

“I have a deep and profound desire to make several crude hand gestures at this moment, but am only refraining because Holly is here?”

Jun 16

Sam doesn’t usually swear like a sailor, but it seems like the appropriate thing to do.

Jun 15

525.

Jun 14

“My ex-husband said, ‘Are you out of your mind, honey buns? There is a reason they call it this man’s army.’ So of course I explained to him it wasn’t the army, it was the Air Force and they’ve had women for decades.”

Jun 14

“So what exactly are you a doctor of?”

“Oh this and that. Mostly that, but enough this to get by.”

Jun 13

524.

Jun 12

‘North American train whistles blow in the minor seventh chord,’ his brain announced in what Sam was pretty sure was supposed to be a helpful tone.

Jun 12

“I’m sorry about him. I have a feeling I’d best get used to saying that. The child has all the tact of a drunken poltergeist.”

Jun 11

523.

Jun 10

“If in doubt, do not point and laugh at the person in the funny hat. Funny hats often conceal tribal leaders and shaman.”

Jun 10

“Daniel? Why didn’t you tell me you still had your knife on you?”

“You didn’t ask?”

“For future reference: consider yourself asked every time.”

Jun 9

522.

Jun 8

The Mayor was proving obstinate until the mercenary stabbed a bit of meat on the tip of his knife and started eating it with great relish. It then occurred to him that he’d endangered the friends of some rather dangerous people, and his attempts to retreat and make things right were a thing of great beauty and greater amusement.

Jun 8

“You remember when we first met and I kind of kidnapped you?”

“Vividly.”

Jun 7

521.

Jun 6

Sirius made a motion as if to do something particularly violent to Remus’ head, but he resisted.

Jun 6

“Deliberate disobeying direct orders, breaking out of the hospital wing against Madame Pomphrey’s advice, breaking into the Ministry of Magic with your illegal Defence Association, leaving Hogwarts on the back of a thestral, and battling Death Eaters without backup. Now, there are a number of things to keep in mind before punishment is sentenced. One, that has to be the strangest list of offences a parent has ever had to work with. Two, you survived, which makes me ridiculously happy.”

Jun 5

520.

Jun 4

“Has this wall always been here?”

“Lois, I think that wall actually holds up the roof. How long have you lived here again?”

“I’m just taking inventory. Someone has to account for what we did on those missing days, and if you kill someone, the first thing you do is erect a wall to stash the body.”

Jun 4

“Mmm, well I have fancied myself quite the rebel, you know. Most men wear their monocle over the right eye, for example.”

Jun 3

519.

Jun 2

“What the hell are you doing?!”

“Escaping. What are you doing?”

“Rescuing.”

“Okay. Well... mission accomplished. Can we get out of here?”

Jun 2

“You know, in almost every culture, cooking is a part of the woman’s domain. Even among modern egalitarian societies, originally cooking was the woman’s job.”

“Well in our modern egalitarian society, I order out.”

Jun 1

518.