\u201cWho\u2019s that?\u201d Peter asks.<\/p>\n
She\u2019s a space princess, who\u2019s also an assassin. She\u2019s dressed in a poofy dress with a bustier. She\u2019s carrying an umbrella even though it hardly ever rains in space. She\u2019s jumping from scissors to scissors, transferring momentum from herself to them, or vice versa, in order to speed up as she heads to Earth.<\/p>\n
\u201cSome sort of fairy godmother,\u201d the Devil guesses, vaguely.<\/p>\n
\u201cReally?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cA lot of people are coming to Earth now,\u201d says the Devil. \u201cI mean, in the absence of Hans.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHe sounds like he was a pretty good guy,\u201d says Peter.<\/p>\n
\u201cNo,\u201d says the Devil.<\/p>\n
\u201cNo?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cIf he were a human,\u201d says the Devil, \u201che\u2019d be in Hell; but the rules for the svart-elves differ.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cOh,\u201d says Peter.<\/p>\n
Maria is practically superluminal now. She\u2019s just a great long streak with an umbrella; but even so Peter sees her wink at him as she goes past.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s a big world,\u201d says the Devil, and Peter cracks a smile.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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