At last he wrapped his hand around it, then used it to pushhimself back upright. When the long lockstep was over, thevertical jaws began working the leaf again, making a racket much like the box-cutting machine in afactory where Renie had held a summer job. Gouts of water splashed onto the leaf, instantlyfilling it waist-high. Renie left !Xabbu still keening quietly over Cullen's sim.
She could not see in the darkened chamberwhether either of the two battered shapes was !Xabbu's. You lot might enjoy being eaten by something, but I like my pleasures,especially the masochistic sort, more refined. Shewasn't sure about improvise either, but guessed it had something to do with boiling water. _Because I do not know who you are, but you are wandering in and out of theborderlands,_ she said finally.
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