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“Howard, no!” Albert yelled

“They got hiuished

Orc was struggling, staggering, then running toward the truck, his great stone feet pounding six-inch-deep impressions into the dirt

One of the worms was on his face

In his face

He tripped at the edge of the field and fell hard onto neutral territory

“Help me Howard, man, help me!” Orc cried

Albert broke his trance and ran Up close he could see the worm, just one, but its black snake’s head was buried in pink flesh, boring through Orc’s cheek

Up close Albert could see the blur of the tiny paddle feet driving the worm into strained flesh

Orc had the tail of the thing in his fist and was pulling hard But the asn’t letting go Orc was pulling so hard, it see flesh away fro it

Howard grabbed on, too, and he was pulling Weeping and cursing and pulling, despite the danger to hiainst Howard

“Bite it!” Albert shouted

“My tongue!” Orc wailed, his speech garbled as the worh his cheek

“Bite it, Orc,” Albert yelled Then he knelt, and with all his ht delivered an uppercut under Orc’s chin

It was like punching a brick wall