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Crown reh to say, "Ahhh, good to the last drop" Then he had mouthed the blood that had spurted out in the interval and had the tube in place again

Phanette and Doucette convulsed with soundless giggles

Alers, out of her ain

After a while Crown said, "That&039;s all we&039;ll get Phan and Doucie, feed her to the big chewer If you eway, pretend she&039;s drunk Afterwards we&039;ll get Doc to dose us high, and give him a little brew if he behaves, then we&039;ll drink Spar"

Spar had his wrist knot erly for ray globes beside his fangs

Phanette and Doucette opened the hatch and steered Suzy&039;s dead body through it

E Rixende, Crown said expansively toward Doc, "Well, isn&039;t it the right thing, old man? Nature bloody in tooth and claise one said They&039;ve poisoned everything there" He pointed toward the sht "They&039;re still fighting, but they&039;ll soon all be dead So death should be the rule too for this gimcrack, so-called survival ship Remember they are aboard her When we&039;ve drunk the blood of everyone aboard Windrush, including their blood, we&039;ll drink our own, if our own isn&039;t theirs"

Spar thought, Crown thinks too much in they&039;s The knot was close to his teeth He heard the big chewer start to grind

In the empty next cabin, Spar saw Drake and Fenner, clad oncetoward the open hatch

But Cro the "It&039;s our coh the open hatch Drake pointed so softly, Crown took by one tip a swastika with curved, glea It curved past Spar and Doc, went through the open hatch, missed Drake and Fenner - and Hellhound - and struck the wall of stars

There was a rush of wind, then the eency hatch smacked shut Spar saw Drake, Fenner, and Hellhound, wavery through the transparent pliofilm, spew blood, bloat, burst bloodily open The empty cabin they had been in disappeared Windrush had a neall and Crown&039;s Hole was distorted

Far beyond, growing ever tinier, the swastika spun toward the stars

Phanette and Doucette ca, so we beat it" The big chewer stopped grinding

Spar bit cleanly through his wrist lashings and immediately doubled over to bite his ankles loose

Crown dove at hiirls did the same

Phanette, Doucette, and Rixende went lilanced from their skulls

There wasn&039;t tihtened Crown hit his chest as Al around the shroud Then Al the tangent, Spar tried to knee Crown in the groin, but Croisted and evaded the blow as they moved toward the inboard wall

There was the snick of Crown&039;s knife unfolding Spar saw the dark wrist and grabbed it He butted at Crown&039;s jaw Crown evaded Spar set his teeth in Crown&039;s neck and bit

Blood covered Spar&039;s face, spurted over it He spat out a hunk of flesh Crown convulsed Spar fought off the knife Croent liainst hih its beads, he saw Keeper and Ki his ankles Phanette, Doucette, Rixende floated

Keeper said proudly, "I shot theun for drunks I knocked them out Now I&039;ll cut their throats, if you wish"

Spar said, "Nooff Al up Doucette&039;s floating knife by the way

He slashed Doc&039;s lashings and cut the gag from his face

Meanwhile Kim hissed, "Sstole and ssecreted Keeper&039;s sscrip from the boxx Ashshured him you sstole it, Sspar You and Ssuzzy Sso he came Keeper izz a shshle into the big chewer I knew it by its anklet of hearts After that I had the courage to kill Crown or anyone I loved Suzy"

Doc cleared his throat and croaked, "Moonmist" Spar found a triple pouch and Doc sucked it all Doc said, "Crown spoke the truth Windrush is a plastic survival ship froe round disappearing aft in the" - poisoned herself with sold for war, plastic for survival Best forgotten Windrush went mad Understandably Even without the Lethean rickettsia, or Styx ricks, as you call it Thought Windrush was the coss, kept me alive to know the doses"

Spar looked at Keeper "Clean up here," he ordered "Feed Crown to the big chewer"

Almodie pulled herself from Spar&039;s ankles to his waist "There was a second survival ship Circumluna When Windrush went mad, ate and cure But ot Styx ricks My iven to Crown She sent you Kim"

Kim hissed, "My fforebear caht ures for Windrushsh Radiuss from moon-ccenter, 2,500 miles Period, ssixx hours - sso, the sshort dayss A terranth izz the tih a consstellation, and sso on"

Doc said, "So, Spar, you&039;re the only one who remembers without cynicism You&039;ll have to take over It&039;s all yours, Spar"

Spar had to agree