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‘No is not a lovely day. What are you doing?’

His eyes darted. 'Doing? Nothing, can't you see that?' He paused. 'Can't he smell them? Close, oh so close! It's going to be a mess and whose fault will that be? A real mess - nothing to do with Iskaral Pust, though! I am perfect.' He attempted an expression of innocence. I am perfect... ly - perfectly - fine'

Gather close, and let us speak of nasty little shits.

“It’s against the law to look in someone else’s bag.”

“Swamp law. Does this look like a swamp?”

Gods, I am so glad I am not you

Me too

What?

I’d have orange eyes and that’d be awful because then we’d both have orange eyes so looking at each other would be like looking at yourself, which I have to do all the time anyway but imagine double that? No thanks, is what I say

Is that what you say?

I just said it, didn’t I?

I don’t know. I don’t know what you just said, Scorch, and that’s the truth

“Kruppe is generous enough this morning to disregard dubious observation regarding his eating habits and the habits of his orifices.”

This book is blowing me away

Was the ephemeral visage of civilization reason for fear? Or, perhaps, relief? That all victories were ultimately transitory in the face of patient nature might well be cause for optimism. No wound was too deep to heal. No outrage too horrendous to one day be irrelevant.

Aagh! This is vegetable! Disgusting!