Conquerors' Pride
“"Curious not good," he said emphatically.Pheylan looked. A triangular-shaped door had opened in each of the three domes, and a Zhirrzh was now standing just outside each opening. All of them held long gray sticks with thin rectangular muzzle openings and lots of small but sharp-looking edges arranged around the business end.And all three of the sticks were pointed at Pheylan."You not go," Svv-selic said again."You're getting repetitious," Pheylan grumbled. There seemed to be a strange shimmering deep inside the muzzles, like some kind of eerie pilot light. Maybe it was just his imagination. "But you make your point. All right. We'll go look at the trees over there instead."Pheylan had hoped for a chance to examine his new obedience suit more closely, but the Zhirrzh weren't naive enough to leave him alone with it any longer than they had to. They escorted him back to his cell after the brief exercise period and Svv-selic ordered him to strip the thing off. Pheylan did so, they opened ...the dog flap for him to put it outside, and then they and it disappeared back through the back door.Pheylan put his old jumpsuit back on, trying to make sense of what he'd just seen.MoreLess
Write Review:
User Reviews: