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| 24 | 33 | Her View more quotes about body">body was stiff yet from the venom which had induced the paralysis, but now, perhaps because of the removal of the five eggs, it seemed somewhat warmer and more yielding than before. |
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| 24 | 30 | On the other hand I could hope that somehow the sensory field of the antennae might be similarly, at least partially, restricted by their withdrawal beneath the casing of the fused, horny wings. |
| 24 | 31 | I slipped my sword into its sheath and knelt beside Vika's body, not taking my eyes off the creature who stood about four yards distant. |
| 24 | 32 | By feeling I closed the lids of her eyes in order that they might no longer stare blindly out with that look of frozen horror. |
| 24 | 33 | Her body was stiff yet from the venom which had induced the paralysis, but now, perhaps because of the removal of the five eggs, it seemed somewhat warmer and more yielding than before. |
| 24 | 34 | As I touched the girl the Beetle took another step forward. |
| 24 | 35 | It began to hiss. |
| 24 | 36 | This noise unnerved me for a moment because I had been used to the uncanny silence of Priest-Kings. |