The Island of Misfit Toys

"I also hear I owe you thanks for getting Shaye back home." At this comment Odysseus chuckled. Against his better judgement he was beginning to find Shaye's stubbornness charming. It made her a taxing patient, but if he looked past that, the characteristic was oddly endearing.

"I think," he hedged, still chuckling, "She would have found her way home without me. I just provided a nagging voice to run away from." Of course he'd tended her wounds as well, but no doubt she'd have gritted her teeth and drug herself home with nothing but sheer force of will to propel her.

  "Odysseus" and "Olafur"