The book stared at her for a moment, then drew itself up to its full height. Actually, the Sacred Tome was fairly large, so that was not as unimpressive as it sounded. "We'll come back to the book thing in a moment -- what the hell do you mean, 'a giraffe in a tutu'?! For one, the 'petite gothic lolita' crap has been so damn overplayed it has no meaning any more -- it's so overdrawn that fetish might as well be mortgaged! For another, what the hell kind of self-image issue is that? Height's nothing to be ashamed of!"