““[After Nalena realizes Nok can read her thoughts] [Garrett] leans towards me until his face is almost touching the skin of my cheek. 'You're thinking, oh crap, aren't you?" he says. I swallow. Nod. Gulp. "Yeah."... [Nok] looks at me one more time, his face as open and inviting as a meadow. He says with a shrug, "You. Fine." Then he turns on his heels and leaves. "Oh...did you see that?" Mark pipes up. "Nok's got a crush on Nali. You got two whole words out of him!””
