Shadow Creatures
“It was weightless, but it crinkled in his hands as it moved. He tried to imagine what the real creature – the one that had shed the skin – would be like, but it was almost impossible. Centipedes to him were things barely the width of his hand that scuttled out from beneath tables and out of cracks in walls, not things that were big enough to eat a cat whole.
‘The question is,’ he said, ‘are we going to go back to Xi Lang’s and change our order from a giant rat to a giant centipede?’ ‘I thin...k,’ Rhino answered carefully, ‘that we’ve probably outstayed our welcome. A rich American girl buying a giant rat is unlikely enough, but just about plausible. A rich American girl buying a giant centipede on a whim is something else entirely. That Chinese girl will smell a rat – if you’ll excuse the pun.’ He thought for a moment. ‘I need to talk to Calum, update him on what the situation is.’ Rhino reached into his pocket and took out his new mobile phone.MoreLess
‘The question is,’ he said, ‘are we going to go back to Xi Lang’s and change our order from a giant rat to a giant centipede?’ ‘I thin...k,’ Rhino answered carefully, ‘that we’ve probably outstayed our welcome. A rich American girl buying a giant rat is unlikely enough, but just about plausible. A rich American girl buying a giant centipede on a whim is something else entirely. That Chinese girl will smell a rat – if you’ll excuse the pun.’ He thought for a moment. ‘I need to talk to Calum, update him on what the situation is.’ Rhino reached into his pocket and took out his new mobile phone.MoreLess
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