Ana noticed as he explained to them the wonders of diatomaceous earth, had only three fingers on his left hand. “It’s not actually dirt, you know,” Sammy’d said. “It’s ground up bits of skeleton. Little fossilized plants called diatoms. You wouldn’t know it to feel it, but this stuff’s razor sharp for the buggies. It gets all caught in their exoskeletons and slices ’em up something nasty. And, if that weren’t enough, it sucks all the moisture outta them, too. Cuts ’em up and sucks ’em dry. What a way to go, huh? Can you believe some people eat this stuff?!”
