Prompt Word: Fluid Minervie and Chip 29 Standing near the buffet table, Chip looks up to Minervie and says, “What is goon running?” Minervie looked back down at him, but he offered no hint or context. Minervie replied, “I don’t know what you are asking.” Chip pointed to the buffet table, and said, “I hear somebody say something is called it.” Minervie scanned the dishes, and then saw the deep fried wanton noodles....

Once again, over on YouTube, the very pervasive Linus Media Group channel, Short Circuit, did a review on an Andoid based eInk tablet. They don’t seem to understand or care what this device is actually for, and they treat it like a faulty phone that can’t make calls, and like a bad tablet that can’t play video right. LMG have done the same treatment to similar products going back at least three years....

Prompt Word: Suit Minervie and Chip 28 Chip was complaining, “Do I have to wear this suit? It’s hot and scratchy and I can’t move right.” Minervie looked down, “It’s a wedding Chip. Normal folk dress up for weddings. See, I’m even in this dress.” Chip looked at her, “I’d rather wear the dress, at least your legs can move.” Minervie looked back, “I’d rather wear the suit, but that’s not the way their world works....

Prompt Word: Boot Minervie and Chip 27 Chip continued his brutal healing practice, displaying the subtlety of a child his age who has enough trouble coloring within lines. Greandle, meanwhile, kept moaning, as new growth pushed out the corrupted wood that had unevenly frozen. Meanwhile, Minervie stood over the kelpie who was stuck in the form of a human child, by the magic binding that Minervie had clasped around its torso....