If you need
more than that -- or less than that -- you'll probably have to look elsewhere."
"Mostly?"
"Yeah, mostly. I'm not forgetting that you can speak other languages and
fly, but at the moment you're just walking beside me and being good company.
Seems to me that I should respond in kind; that is, to make every effort to be
good company in return. If you wanted more, you'd probably be somewhere else
with someone who'd feed your ego."
With a grin, Cade added, "With the guys on the fourth floor, for instance,
who'd either be waiting on you hand and foot and fawning all over you or
avoiding you."
Sighing, Mandi said, "That gets old fast, you know. People either weigh and
measure every word they say or they babble. There's almost no middle ground."
"The price of fame," said Cade, "However clandestine."
"Screw fame," said Mandi. "I haven't had an intelligent conversation with
anyone but John since Wednesday. Well, not until you showed up, anyway. All
anyone wanted to talk about was me. Same old questions, over and over."
Making a suitable sigh of pity, Cade said, "Well, I'll try not to disappoint
you, milady.
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