Snowbone (2006)
Snowbone
“When they were finally set down, the heat was so overwhelming that Manu ripped off his shirt and threw it to the ground.
“I can hardly breathe!” he said. “It's like an oven in here!”
But the heat didn't bother Snowbone and Blackeye. They were far more interested in their captors. The Finoans were clearly human, but they were gray. Gray hair. Gray faces. Ragged gray clothing. Thin gray bodies, curiously stringy, like beans that have grown in too little light. Gray eyes: huge, round, owlish, with... fat black pupils. And there were so many of them! Snowbone guessed there might be a hundred, but there were more coming out of tunnels: above, below, behind. They were standing in an enormous space, but it was rapidly filling.
“What do you want with us?” demanded Snowbone.
“We want nothing from you,” said a gray man, stepping forward. “But he is most welcome.” He nodded in the direction of Manu.
“You can't have him,” said Snowbone hotly. “No way.”
“What do you mean?”MoreLess
“I can hardly breathe!” he said. “It's like an oven in here!”
But the heat didn't bother Snowbone and Blackeye. They were far more interested in their captors. The Finoans were clearly human, but they were gray. Gray hair. Gray faces. Ragged gray clothing. Thin gray bodies, curiously stringy, like beans that have grown in too little light. Gray eyes: huge, round, owlish, with... fat black pupils. And there were so many of them! Snowbone guessed there might be a hundred, but there were more coming out of tunnels: above, below, behind. They were standing in an enormous space, but it was rapidly filling.
“What do you want with us?” demanded Snowbone.
“We want nothing from you,” said a gray man, stepping forward. “But he is most welcome.” He nodded in the direction of Manu.
“You can't have him,” said Snowbone hotly. “No way.”
“What do you mean?”MoreLess
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