Oh, that does rankle. Were he a more petty, low humored sort now would be the time to become a thing of all teeth. Why, he could be more bristling than a dozen Nile crocodiles if he cared to. And while he might not have a particular taste for human2, occassionally one can find pleasure in even the most pedestrian of hobbies.
But at this rate, he's half beginning to think she wants to be eaten. He'd have her halfway down his gullet and Kitty Jones's shrill voice would come floating back up to say, I told you so.
"You are missing the point," protests the dessicating body, flesh stretched taut. "The point is--"
Good question, actually.
"The point," he repeats. There's a period at which when becoming a mummy where one naturally trends towards sounding a little dusty and parched. He clears his throat and insists, "Is that I don't have to put up with this."
Which is more or less the instant in which the gangly body unfolds like a particularly morbid accordion and rises from the bed.
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Date: 2019-08-19 12:39 pm (UTC)But at this rate, he's half beginning to think she wants to be eaten. He'd have her halfway down his gullet and Kitty Jones's shrill voice would come floating back up to say, I told you so.
"You are missing the point," protests the dessicating body, flesh stretched taut. "The point is--"
Good question, actually.
"The point," he repeats. There's a period at which when becoming a mummy where one naturally trends towards sounding a little dusty and parched. He clears his throat and insists, "Is that I don't have to put up with this."
Which is more or less the instant in which the gangly body unfolds like a particularly morbid accordion and rises from the bed.