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“You won'tfool us, you parasiteWe know how well you can mimic
us
I tasted blood inside my cheek
Don't do that again,I scolded Melanie told you what they'd think
Melanie was too shocked to answer
“Now, Maggie,” Jeb began in a soothing tone
“Don't you 'Now, Maggie' me, you old fool! She's probably led a legion of them down on us
She backed away from me, her eyes measuring my stillness as if I were a coiled snakeShe
stopped beside her brother
“I don't see anyone,” Jeb retortedHey!” he yelled, and I flinched in surpriseI wasn't the only
oneJeb waved his left hand over his head, the gun still clenched in the rightOver here!”
“Shut up,” Maggie growled, shoving his chestThough I had good reason to know she was
strong, Jeb didn't wobbleShe was pretty much dead when I found her–she's not in such great shape
nowThe centipedes don't sacrifice their own that wayThey would have come for her much
sooner than I didWhatever else she is, she's alone
I saw the image of the long, many-legged insect in my head, but I didn't make the connection
He's talking aboutyou, Melanie translatedShe placed the picture of the ugly bug next to my
memory of a bright silver soulI didn't see a resemblance
I wonder how he knows what you look like,Melanie wondered absentl