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| 29 | 129 | View more quotes about another">Another Priest-King followed the first and I pressed the firing switch again but there was no response. |
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| 29 | 126 | The inside of the ship was dark, for its only intended occupants were Priest-Kings, but the open hatch permitted some light. |
| 29 | 127 | A forward door opened and a Priest-King stepped into view, puzzled, startled at the sensing of the open hatch. |
| 29 | 128 | I pressed the firing switch of the silver tube and it gave forth with a short, abortive scorching blast and was cold, but the golden body of the Priest-King blackened and, half sliced through, reeled against the wall and fell at my feet. |
| 29 | 129 | Another Priest-King followed the first and I pressed the firing switch again but there was no response. |
| 29 | 130 | In the half darkness I could see his antennae curl. |
| 29 | 131 | I threw the useless tube at him and it bounded from his thorax. |
| 29 | 132 | The massive jaws opened and closed once. |