wrench
From the novel Monopole. [a defining sentence] After a moment, Teddy sets down the wrench, commands the machine to generate him a sturdy, reusable filter mask and ten packs of filters (which he shoves into the various pockets he finds hidden throughout his proofwear coat), and walks back to the door leading from the service station, part of him wanting to experiment more with the object generator, but most of him yearning to find Sylvie—or to at least find out how he got here
dandelions
From the novel Monopole. Time passes. Gertrude comes to retrieve Teddy, pushing in an old-fashioned wheelchair. She is hurried, almost stressed in her manner, but she continues to exude an air of general agreeability and somewhat welcomed servitude. She folds up Teddy in the wheelchair as one might put away an old, delicate blanket. Her skin is soft against Teddy’s. She has sweet, blue eyes and a milky complexion with a few speckled blemishes. Her sandy hair isn’t quite well
