A Child's Darkness, Chapter 1: Vicki's First Time
He's been...clever." "are you not clever as well, milady?" "not enough to get around this one. he has quite the advantage." "enough of one to be invincible?" "no one is invincible..."
Speech 1. Man among Machines.
They can turn our cleverness into bitterness by lies. these is so much these people know, but this much i do know. we are not machines, we are humans beings. us humans are smart, us humans and buid machines, us humans are kind too.
Follow The Rules
"but just in case you were planning some kind of clever trick to board...
Poetry Collection #1
"a braver kobold there never was ever a scout from crater-vale, oh so clever a dagger and sword in hand and claw an unlikelier hero we did never saw it's a tale we'll keep tellin' until we're old! good ol' firaegin bless lalep the 'bold!"
The Aesir Pantheon
He is never in charge, but he's always the clever and capable assistant who makes things happen. for all that, many see him as cowardly even in his cleverness, for he never seems to be around when things go sour.
I, Dacien -- Chapter Eighteen: Jurisprudence
"very clever, xavien. i wish i could say that i wish i had thought of that but all i can think of is the time it's going to take to winnow through them." "why would you read them, my lord?" asked zachiah.
And Beyond
Mitzi didn't even flinch when clever paws buried themselves in his back fur and held on to arrest momentum. _tap-taptap-tap._ "yours seem fine. are you feeling okay?" "not mine i'm worried about, mitzi."
Admission
Watched your eyes slip into that hollowness, that permanence, as you slumped on the vet's cold floor, something growing inside of you that shouldn't-- the assistant passing me a tissue box to plug the leak that now drips so cleverly when no one's around
Rock the Box (bondage, TF, Vegas, 80s)
Still, if i was lucky - again - i'd emerge from this ordeal without my clever little fingers smashed to pulp. and also without a nine-mil hole in my clever little head. my new digs were a bit smaller than your usual broom closet.
Chapter 6
He was smart, clever, and older than any other student there.
A Lesson in Future History
If nothing else, your appearance is either clever makeup, or even cleverer gene manipulation. if the former, my compliments to the artist; if the latter, then you indeed have much to tell me."
Rio Remembers
"a clever little cookie indeed..." he holds the rod up as if he's about to hit you with it. but he doesn't, even as you raise your hands up to protect yourself.