"And you're the first woman who ever tried it on me."
"But—"
"Shall we go watch the dreaming?" He took the arm that still hung limp at her side and tucked it into his elbow.
"If you try to use the Karmer grip on me again I'll break your arm," he said. His voice was low but there was a wealth of meaning in it.
"I won't do it again," the girl said stoutly. "I never make the same mistake twice."
"Good," Johnson said.
"The second time we break our victim's neck," Vee Vee said.
"What a sweet, charming child you—"
"I told you before, I'm not a child."
"Child vampire," Johnson said. "Let me finish my sentences before you interrupt."