Hefting her hammer to her shoulder, she started up the slope. The man followed, searching thought, memory, and finding only a false name, and a binding using his own strength against him.
"What now?"
"That’s up to you. Gaze at your navel, swear vengeance, grow daffodils. Just no destroying of worlds, thanks. I’ve a guest room till you find your feet, and the Seleighe have little influence here."
They reached the car park, attracting the attention of two women who smiled and waved.
"Mikki!"
"Kanga-chan! Who’s the ranga?"
Rumiko Kent looked up, lifting her brows, and the man licked his lips, took a breath, then said:
"Call me Blue."