\u201cGood lord,\u201d says Tom. He smacks his forehead. \u201cSo pathetic! Come in!\u201d<\/i><\/p>\n
In fairness, he himself has only been dropped in a sack and carted off anywhere once, himself, and that <\/i>was by Martians, so he doesn\u2019t really have a basis by which to judge.<\/p>\n
Jane squints at him. She shakes off tears.<\/p>\n
She straightens.<\/p>\n
\u201cI was going to come in, anyway,\u201d she says. \u201cAlso, I shall be filing a quite serious complaint.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes, yes,\u201d says Tom.<\/p>\n
She walks in. She looks around. She frowns back over her shoulder.<\/p>\n
\u201cAre you going to eat me?\u201d she wonders.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat have<\/i> you heard about ophidian planet-inheritors?\u201d asks Tom. Then he waves it off. \u201cDon\u2019t answer that,\u201d he says. \u201cOn your right, antichrist.\u201d<\/p>\n
Linus waves from the staircase.<\/p>\n
\u201cOn your left,\u201d says Tom, \u201cbathroom. Do you need to use the facilities? I don\u2019t know how your puny human bladder works.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cSome sort of hydraulics,\u201d says Jane, distractedly.<\/p>\n
\u201cWell, yes,\u201d <\/i>says Tom, then blinks. \u201cOh.\u201d<\/p>\n
Jane slips ahead a few steps and opens a door marked with a \u201cDo Not Open\u201d sign. She frowns at the evil mannequins inside.<\/p>\n
\u201cCursed,\u201d says Tom. \u201cNow you\u2019ll probably get killed by a space princess.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNo way,\u201d says Jane, carefully closing the door.<\/p>\n
\u201cBetter you than me.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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