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ANTHONY: Don't lower yourself to Cur's level. Remember, when they go low, you go high.
PIPER: But when you go low, you can kick 'em right in the nads!

ANTHONY: I don't know what's gotten into you about Cur!
PIPER: I'm bringing some much needed justice, since no one else will!

ANTHONY: And that's great, except that's not up to us, Pipes!
ANTHONY: Just because you think you're doing something for the right reasons doesn't mean you can do whatever you want!

PIPER: I'm not gonna wait til I'm grown up to do what I want, Anthony.
ANTHONY: Grown-ups can't do whatever they want either, Piper. We have the Edicts, don't we?

PIPER: You mean the Edicts HE BROKE?
PIPER: Edict 6: "You shant hurt another creature!"

ANTHONY: That's not how it
PIPER: HE SHANTED ANOTHER CREATURE, ANTHONY

Page 456

ANTHONY: The Council doesn't enforce the Edicts on kits, Piper.
ANTHONY: You should know that better than anyone.

PIPER: Well, maybe they should!
PIPER: He's older than both of us and he gets away with everything! Just because they feel sorry for him!!

PIPER: You know what he's doing right now, right?
ANTHONY: Running away?
PIPER: WRONG. He's pulling a classic Bug and Hug.

ANTHONY: Bug and...what? That isn't a thing.
PIPER: The "Bug Out, Hug It Out" absolutely is a thing!

PIPER: It's an old standby code-red strategy for when you're in super duper big trouble.
PIPER: You run off and hide just long enough that everyone is worried about you...
PIPER: ...but not long enough for you to get in more trouble.
PIPER: Then you come back and it's all tears and hugs and Bob's your uncle!
PIPER: No one even remembers why you got in trouble in the first place!

ANTHONY: You mean like when you stowed away on the Guppy 'cause you broke Mum's vase?
PIPER: If only I'd made it to the mainland!

Page 457

ANTHONY: Didn't Mum ground you for three more weeks after that escapade?
PIPER: The timing can be tricky to get right. It's an art form.
PIPER: I woulda gotten away with it if Winnie hadn't caught me stealin' fish.

ANTHONY: It's that hard, and yet you think Cur can pull it off?
PIPER: Hey, hate the player, love the game.

ANTHONY: Where do you even get this stuff??
ANTHONY: Have you been raiding Dad's books again?
PIPER: No! My genius just knows no bounds, Anthony!

PIPER: I simply pluck brilliance from th...
PIPER: Kira?
[SFX: hic Sob sob snfff]
ANTHONY: Is she... crying??

PIPER: Hey Tooony?
ANTHONY: You only call me that when there's something you want.