By A Thousand Cuts
"nah, treehopper." the jackal was almost sure that was some kind of tree bug. "forest planet?" "caught me with an apple in treetops," jackie explained. "they put you with her longer, huh?" "now she was passionate about her job.
Embers of Dawn: Chapter 15: In the Shadow of Paws and Candor
The treehopper. the mysterious pervert with poor timing." words refused to come. nelneras struggled to speak, but his voice had been stolen by the weight of the moment. his throat tightened like a coiled vine.
The Master's Tools
"Evil begins when you begin to treat people as things." (Terry Pratchett) "So these robot masters," Fran's roommate had asked her as she'd been playing Mega Man, "they're supposed to have been built to do just this one job, right?" The jackal had...
Respawn (re-post, correct)
"nah, treehopper." the jackal was almost sure that was some kind of tree bug. "forest planet?" "caught me with an apple in some treetops," jackie explained. "they put you with her longer, huh?" "now she was passionate about her job.