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... creature , native , in his original version , to a planet of Etamin . His tough rusty - bronze hide glistened metallically as if oiled or waxed ; the spines thrusting back from scalp and neck shone like gold , and indeed were coated ...
... creature , native , in his original version , to a planet of Etamin . His tough rusty - bronze hide glistened metallically as if oiled or waxed ; the spines thrusting back from scalp and neck shone like gold , and indeed were coated ...
Page 77
... creature survive ? Suddenly there were many new questions to be asked - hopefully a few to be answered . Standing on the creature's head , Xanten hacked away the long antenna quills which protruded from the back of the Mek's scalp . It ...
... creature survive ? Suddenly there were many new questions to be asked - hopefully a few to be answered . Standing on the creature's head , Xanten hacked away the long antenna quills which protruded from the back of the Mek's scalp . It ...
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... creature who otherwise will infect all with a fatal disease ? Yes , you will say . Once more : ten starving beasts hunt you , that they may eat . Will you kill them to save your life ? Yes , you will say again , though here you destroy ...
... creature who otherwise will infect all with a fatal disease ? Yes , you will say . Once more : ten starving beasts hunt you , that they may eat . Will you kill them to save your life ? Yes , you will say again , though here you destroy ...
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