174) The Salvation of Eden, Chapter 10 -- Goo Zombies
Kohra bolted out of her chair. Dominic flung open the door and…they stared. What was happening outside was impossible.
173) The Salvation of Eden, Chapter 9 -- Good Things Coming to an End
She smiled inwardly, imagining living in a little cabin in the woods, listening to the wind, watching the sky, making potions, having chipmunk friends drop in for tea.
172) The Salvation of Eden, Chapter 8 -- The Present and the Past
The chipmunk raised his teacup for a cheers, downed it, then pointed rather pointedly his cup. Kohra noticed that the refill came from a wine jug, not the teapot.
The critter made a brief chittering sound and flicked his tail.
“You said it, Faeron,” Mcklein shook his head sadly. “If only we all lived like animals.”
171) The Salvation of Eden, Chapter 7 -- Old Man McKiller
Kohra’s first moments of awareness suggested that she was stretched out on the softest bed, with the softest blanket, and felt as comfortable as ever in her life. Yawning, stretching, she opened her eyes. She was sleeping on the bare wood floor, although she did have a soft, thin cotton blanket. Sitting up, she looked around. Her pillow looked like a rock. She poked it with her finger. It was a rock.
159) The Salvation of Eden: Chapter 4 -- Wax Cave
On very rare days, when the daylight was at its strongest, it was like sitting behind a curtain of colours, like that story of the “rainbow” she remembered her Gramma telling her when she was really young. Apparently, they used to see them, right across the whole sky. Not in her Gramma’s life, of course. Never even in recorded history. But it was one of the stories that had persisted from Before