The Eye of Neptune (2013)
“He glanced out from under the protection of his arm. The bird hung in the air but something else cast a dark shadow.
The bird twisted its head round and gave an outraged squawk as a huge slab of rock smacked it into the pebbly beach. Dakkar screwed his face up against the spray of stones, blood and feathers that enveloped him.
For a second, he knelt as if in prayer, motionless, staring at the rock that had buried the bird in front of him. Then he turned to Georgia, who stood with her jaw dangli...ng slack at what had just happened.
‘Does this kind of thing happen to you a lot?’ he asked.
‘What do you mean?’ she said, frowning at him.
‘Well, you know, going to fetch some firewood and ending up fighting off giant, man-eating chickens, being caught in forest fires and nearly getting crushed by exploding cliffs.’ ‘Erm, no,’ she replied, dazed. ‘I have had a few adventures but they don’t generally involve giant, man-eating chickens, forest fires or exploding cliffs.’ ‘Oh,’ Dakkar said.MoreLess
The bird twisted its head round and gave an outraged squawk as a huge slab of rock smacked it into the pebbly beach. Dakkar screwed his face up against the spray of stones, blood and feathers that enveloped him.
For a second, he knelt as if in prayer, motionless, staring at the rock that had buried the bird in front of him. Then he turned to Georgia, who stood with her jaw dangli...ng slack at what had just happened.
‘Does this kind of thing happen to you a lot?’ he asked.
‘What do you mean?’ she said, frowning at him.
‘Well, you know, going to fetch some firewood and ending up fighting off giant, man-eating chickens, being caught in forest fires and nearly getting crushed by exploding cliffs.’ ‘Erm, no,’ she replied, dazed. ‘I have had a few adventures but they don’t generally involve giant, man-eating chickens, forest fires or exploding cliffs.’ ‘Oh,’ Dakkar said.MoreLess
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