RE: Chapter Four (Jake and Kimiko)
"They're quiet sorts," Jake said in reply to Kimiko's question. Or were. Either way. "I was like a pup on a leash--they let me sniff around and explore, but with a hand on the leash in case I got into trouble. So I never really fell in with any bad crowds or anything...they made sure I stayed in school, kept my grades up, and all that. Pretty much never argued with 'em."
"We lived in Otisburg--a small city on Tharkad. It was amazing, being right at the pulse of everything, of all of House Steiner's movements..." He trailed off, not wanting to sound like a hypernationalist nutcase.
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