If he says jump, she doesn't even ask "How high?" She goes out and buys a pogo stick.

“I find myself staring at the goldfish. Bright as a penny, he swims in circles, …”

“Words, for all they were flimsy and invisible, had great strength. They could b…”

“Life isn't nearly as stable as we want it to be.”

“When feeling came back, in a storm of color and force and sensation, the most y…”