"When the map is burned, who will draw the coast?"
"Speak the truth to the house that forgets."
The Uziclicker hummed like an insect and then printed a tiny strip of paper from a slot on its side. The letters were cramped, the ink a blue so deep it might have been night itself. The paper said:
The child’s face took on the solemnity of someone about to undertake a project of great importance—like making a fort or learning to whistle. "Can I press it?" she asked.