"It still pretty much sucked, being fifteen." (Part 1, Watch This: Down and Out, p. 8).

"Eden Maru knew how to fly." (Part 1, Watch This: Underground, pg. 17).

"Overhead drifted swimming pools, hovering bubbles of water shaped by invisible lines of force." (Part 1, Watch This: Big Brother, p. 31).

"'Fame's always obvious—that's the point of it.'" (Part 1, Watch This: Sly Girls, p. 56).

"And then Aya was rolling forward, falling into a void." (Part 1, Watch This: Escape, p. 129).

"The Sly Girls were not pleased with Slime Queen." (Part 2, City Killers: Banned, p. 163).

"The parachute's straps were definitely borrowed from a bungee jacket; they adjusted as she moved, but stayed reassuringly tight around her arms and thighs. Still, Aya couldn't make herself forget that the jacket's lifters—useless out here in the wild—had been replaced with a big wad of silk." (Part 2, City Killers: Joyride, p. 179).

"The feeding...