Can anyone blame her for preferring mini-adulthood to the trials and tribulations of being a nearly-thirteen-year-old girl? It's not a horribly easy time of life. Much better to skip straight over it.

"Not overly much." The drift of the pen over the pumpkin seems light, aimless, but the beginnings of shapes clearly show Elisha's years of tutelage. "He's quite handsome, really, but that's not overly exceptional. It seems mostly that he's got an overt capacity for the sensation and expression of typically human emotions. Like spite."