““I glanced over to where Seth looked like he wanted to bang his head against the wall. “Hey.” The blond continued to smile, while his friend continued to stare at me. Seth sighed again. “The one grinning like he’s crazy is Deacon, and the other one is Luke.” “We’re friends of his—of Seth’s,” Deacon threw in, and Seth did not look like they were friends. “This is Josie,” Seth continued. “Please don’t be weird and scare her.” “Be weird?” Deacon rolled those gray eyes. “Ha. Whatever, dude. All you need to know about me is that I’m like a dolphin in a sea of less-smart fish,” he announced, spreading his arms with a flourish. Luke turned to him slowly as his eyebrows inched up his forehead. “What?” He shrugged. “Just saying I have a lot in common with dolphins. They’re smart. I’m smart.” Seth rubbed his hand down his face.””
![“He [Riptide] sighed. "I said, 'What are you doing all the way out here?' and you said, 'Hey, sparkling teeth, I totally love three of your claws but not the others, and I wish your nose was a herrig so I could eat it, and also your wings sound like sharks snoring.'" Tsunami burst out laughing.” quote by Tui T. Sutherland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/608/tui-t-sutherland-8926_dragon_he-riptide-sighed-i-said-what-are-you-do_475054.jpg)
![“I am not an 'elder', 'deacon', nor a 'pastor', and I do not have any ambitions to become one!". ~R. Alan Woods {2012]” quote by R. Alan Woods](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/bc0/r-alan-woods-1455_deacon_i-am-not-an-elder-deacon-nor-a-pastor-an_884214.jpg)
