'Then by all means, we will save your eyes for a bit,' Peri said, with a chuckle that rumbled inside his chest. “My eyes hurt,' she said plaintively, as he surveyed the stacks of books they hadn't read yet. One would think you could at least act like it.” You are just about seven hundred years old. For all her grace and ladylike ways, Noah’s little sister was quite capable of making good on any threat she made.

Noah immediately raised his hands in acquiescence, laughing as Legna flushed in exasperation. “And I swear, if you pull my hair once more like some sort of schoolyard bully, I am going to put you to sleep and shave you bald!” “I don’t know how you convinced the entire Council that you were mature enough to be King, Noah! You are such a child!” She twisted her body so he couldn’t grab at her hair again. You are speaking words of treason,” he teased her, tugging her hair once more, making her turn around to swat at his hand. I was beginning to wonder if you were my brother at all. “Well, I can say with all honesty that this is the first time I have ever seen you forgo a good argument with Hannah, opting for peace instead. “Funny how you seem to recall the fact that I am far older than you only when it suits your arguments, my sister,” he taunted her, reaching to tug on her hair as he had been doing since her childhood. “It merely took you the entire two and a half centuries of my life. “And I was afraid you would never learn the art of diplomacy,” she remarked, her lips twitching with her humor. Lenga lifted a brow back at him, giving him a delicate smattering of applause. “Noah turned to face his younger sister, arching one brow to a fairly smug height.

Going postal pratchett