[i]For the love of Faerie, get away from there, Soren![/i] Nikolai scolded his brother, following Scarlet’s lead as bubbles began to form in the sink. He pulled his jacket off, and the holes in it stitched themselves together to form a bag. He started shoving some of what Soren had dumped onto the counter inside, the bubbles starting to spill over. 
	Soren sighed. “Yeah, that’s not a sinklapod. Unless it’s rabid.” Despite his light tone as he stepped away and reached to open a drawer, he kept a wary eye on the foam. Then, the twins saw the same thing as Scarlet. “[i]Definitely[/i] not a sinklapod.” 
	Nikolai, his body ever ready to take action, nimbly jumped over the island, slung his jacket-pack over his shoulder, grabbed Soren’s arm, and ran right behind Scarlet.
	[i]We wouldn’t stand a chance in this confined space![/i]
	The door slammed open, making the twins pause for a split second at the boy standing there, then they ran past.
	Soren reached to grab the boy’s arm, to pull him along with them. “Fast food tonight, kid!”

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	When those from the kitchen came bursting out, Faira shouted and spun toward them. Her shadow spread out from beneath her shoes at the surge of emotional power, lapping at her feet in eager readiness to create a hiding place at her lightest of thoughts.
	“What the freak?” she said slowly, raising her borrowed sword defensively at the sight of a swarm of foam flowing after them. She glanced to Rosaline, hoping she had some sort of answer, when she noticed spidery legs among the shimmering, bubbly eyes.
	She let out a groan, and did her best to prepare herself, mentally and physically, to protect both herself and Rosaline from their newest, buggy opponents. At her silent command, sparks traveled down the blade and ignited into flames at its tip, the element burning with as little enthusiasm at the fight as its master. She felt it begging to be unleashed in full, nagging at the back of her skull to be let loose with in its raging glory, but she inhaled and did her best to ignore it, to maintain control of the feisty element.