[The word "devious" in the dictionary probably has her picture under it.]

I did think he was acting oddly, but I have to admit that it was a welcome change. Talking to him is like deliberately dragging one's self through a garden of cacti.

[She thought about what Xun Yu had just said.]

Anything, you say? Would the green snow and the free hot chocolate be counted as a curse? That wasn't too bad . . .