"She was into my manual over the last couple of days, I think. . . ." "So there you are. If she can't have the magic, she's gonna twist you around whatever other way she can. I hate to say this, Neets, but she's a real brat."352SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL WIZARDThat agreed too well with thoughts Nita had been having, but had re-jected. "Well. . . .""Ladies and gentlemen," said a woman's voice from the ceiling speakers down the hall, "the planetarium is now closing. Thank you."Nita sighed. Kit punched her lightly in the arm. "Come on," he said "don't let her get you down. Let's go over to the park and get hot dogs. She starts getting on our nerves, we'll tell her we'll turn her into a fire hydrant and call in every dog in Manhattan to try her out.""Too late," Nita said. "She already knows we don't do that kind of thing." "She knows you don't do that kind of thing," Kit said. "She doesn't know that/don't. . . ." Nita looked at his grim expression and wondered briefly whether the grim-ness was all faked. "I am starved." "So c'mon."They headed down the stairs together and came out on the ground floor, by the front doors. In the stairwell, under an arrow file:///G|/rah/Diane%20Duane%20-%20Wizards%203%20-%20High%20Wizardry.htm (11 of 94) pointing toward the basement level, was a sign they had seen earlier that day, and laughed at:TO MARS, VENUS, AND LADIES' ROOM"Wait for me," Nita said. "She's probably trying to break into that Venus exhibit to see where the 'lava' comes from."