The room was warm, the mattress strangely soft beneath him.

The meal seemed strangely soft, but the twins did not complain.

I fell often, but softly, stumbling face-forward against the strangely soft ground.

Now, as it lay in his arms, it felt strangely soft, curiously warm.

Linus's hands felt strangely soft as if there were no muscles under his skin, just bones and flesh.

"You and me," the other said at last, his rough voice strangely soft.

"You murdered four million people," Alexios said, his voice strangely soft, almost amused.

He laughed, a strangely soft laugh for a man with so hard a voice, then shook his head regretfully.

"Perhaps you're right, Skeeve," his voice was strangely soft.

For awhile he stood still, then he spoke to himself, and his voice was strangely soft.