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. One of these, in fact, caught on and unhinged a
swinging door as it came inside. It was a Chaos beast-rare, deadly, and ,
highly intelligent. I hadn't seen one in years, and I'd no desire to see one
now; also, I'd no doubt that I was the reason it was here. For a moment I
regretted having wasted my cardiac arrest spell on a mere Bandersnatch-until
I recalled that Fire Angels have three hearts. I glanced quickly about as it
spied me, gave voice to a brief hunting wail, and advanced.
"I'd like to have had some time to speak with you," I told the artist.
"I like your work. Unfortunately-"
"I understand."
"So long."
"Good luck. "
I stepped down into the rabbit hole and ran, bent far forward because
of the low overhead. Luke made my passage partiжularly awkward, especially
on the turns. I heard a scrabbling noise fat to the rear, with a repetition
of the hunting wail. I was consoled; however, by the knowledge that the Fire
Angel would. actually have to enlarge sections of the tunnel in order to get
by. The bad news was that it was жapable of doing it. The creatures are
incredibly strong and virtually indestructible.
I kept running till the floor dipped beneath my feet.
Then I began falling. I reached out with my free hand to жatch myself,
but there was nothing to catжh hold of. The bottom had fallen out. Good.
That was the way I'd hoped and half expected it would be
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