The Inferior (2008)
“INDRANI Stopmouth came home to find Indrani sleeping in the hall. Perhaps she’d become cold waiting for him, because she’d taken his blanket to throw over herself. More strangeness, he thought. He was too tired to fight her for it and he needed to sit down. So he left her there and passed into the bedroom. His injured legs had healed quickly, yet when he touched them in the darkness, they felt puny under his hands and the muscles trembled with exhaustion.
He found he couldn’t sleep. He kept see...ing Lingerhouse lying dead in the net; he saw the man’s half-chewed arm in the Wetlane beast’s maw.
Just as these images began to fade and his eyelids started drooping, he was jerked into wakefulness by Indrani calling his name.
‘What?’ he asked, alarmed by the fear in her voice. ‘What is it?’ She launched into a stream of gibberish and he realized she still slept. He lay down, fully awake again, his heart hammering. He cursed her. He’d need all his energy to search for Crunchfist tomorrow.MoreLess
He found he couldn’t sleep. He kept see...ing Lingerhouse lying dead in the net; he saw the man’s half-chewed arm in the Wetlane beast’s maw.
Just as these images began to fade and his eyelids started drooping, he was jerked into wakefulness by Indrani calling his name.
‘What?’ he asked, alarmed by the fear in her voice. ‘What is it?’ She launched into a stream of gibberish and he realized she still slept. He lay down, fully awake again, his heart hammering. He cursed her. He’d need all his energy to search for Crunchfist tomorrow.MoreLess
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