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‘Are you berating me, master?’

‘Yes What did you think?’

‘More effective, I believe, had you indeed sentiht-’

‘Don’t step there! Back! Back!’

Alared away

‘You nearly crushed Ezgara! And could he have got out of the way? I think not!’ Teholits sloay across the roof’s uneven surface ‘Oh, look, you startled it!’

‘How can you tell?’ Bugg asked

‘Well, it’s reversed direction, hasn’t it? That ine’

‘You know, master, it was a curio – I didn’t think you would make it a pet’

‘That’s because you’re devoid of sentiara here is doubly-’

‘Ovoid?’

‘Char back at hirees Or, if not hiara crawl all over his face, and he didn’t even blink!’

‘How did Ezgara et onto his face, master?’

‘And down the other’s jerkin, not a flinch These are war, look well upon them and learn’

‘I shall, master’

‘Now, did you enjoy your swim?’

‘Not particularly’

‘A ht I heard someone whisper my name-’

‘Shurq Elalle?’

‘No’

‘Harlest Eberict? Kettle? Chief Investigator Rucket? Chaht you have been is?’

‘Quite possibly For exa followed by rats’

‘You probably are, Bugg Maybe one of them whispered your name’

‘An unpleasant notion, master’