Chapter 107

• "Miss I-have-more-balls-than-Ismena, I kept wondering what happened to your big, hairy balls after Alphose changed to his animal form." Another burst of laughter followed. Then, "Let me guess, damned things disappeared right?"
• Sandra threw her hands up, "How was I to know that we weren't all joking right then? How was I to know that he would morph into a lion!? Not just a lion, but one so huge!?"
• "Uh-huh, so you took the coward way out and said bye-bye to consciousness huh? Very brave and ball-sy of you." Tears were starting to gather in her eyes because of how hard she was laughing.