“You threw it,” he hissed, half in disbelief, half in reluctant amusement. “The contraption sings its little song, and your first instinct is violence?”
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“You threw it,” he hissed, half in disbelief, half in reluctant amusement. “The contraption sings its little song, and your first instinct is violence?”
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“A bell, you say?” he murmured, voice low and edged with irony. “Then perhaps it’s your kin, Quasimodo. You might understand its language better than the rest of us.”
“A bell, you say?” he murmured, voice low and edged with irony. “Then perhaps it’s your kin, Quasimodo. You might understand its language better than the rest of us.”
“I hear its growl,” he muttered, gloved fingers twitching but unwilling to touch. “Tell me, Yeshua… are you certain this contraption will not explode?”
“I hear its growl,” he muttered, gloved fingers twitching but unwilling to touch. “Tell me, Yeshua… are you certain this contraption will not explode?”
“It swallowed your bread?” he repeated, his voice low and sharp with suspicion. “Mon Dieu… it hums as though it were alive.”
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“It swallowed your bread?” he repeated, his voice low and sharp with suspicion. “Mon Dieu… it hums as though it were alive.”
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He felt safe there. As safe, and secure as he did below ground, now basking in the light.
He felt safe there. As safe, and secure as he did below ground, now basking in the light.
Once certain he was settled, he slowly, carefully, prised his precious porcelain away from his face, and set it into his lap.
Once certain he was settled, he slowly, carefully, prised his precious porcelain away from his face, and set it into his lap.