How we cite our quotes: (Part.Paragraph)
Quote #7
Our parents worked here. Alberto's dad and my mom. They have two of every building— every big one, anyway. During the day they clean the one underground, repaint whatever needs repainting, fix stuff, that sort of thing. Then, in the middle of the night, flip! (2.530)
At first Tip can't figure out how Happy Mouse Kingdom keeps everything so perfect all the time, but then she solves the mystery: They extend time. No, not literally—they just have two of everything and then interchange them every evening. It's brilliant because they manipulate time, Tip thinks. They create the illusion of time never passing because nothing ever seems to change.
Quote #8
J.Lo was either one of those people with no real concept of time, or else he actually didn't know how long a minute was. I crouched down to have a look at the lock on the gate. (3.186)
J.Lo says to wait twenty minutes, but Tip's not sure if that's actually twenty, or another random number since to J.Lo, time is not important or relevant. Maybe it's not something Boov care about, or maybe it's just J.Lo, but time seems to only matter to Tip in the book.