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LavGgHING Boy 195 BB -c felt dull after a heavy breakfast, and had no | —ore appetite. Then there were the lice. His wife had rid him jf them, conquering his sincere belief that they were a gift from Old Couple in the World Below => enable people to sleep. He had rated that as | 2 of her minor magics. No new ones had got = ato him at T’o Tlakai, but in this crowded place ey stormed him. He was not used to being i —itten, so he was tormented, and he scratched a = cat deal. His host asked him naively, ‘You have many |. r= Grandfather?’ He caught his tongue in time, answering, ‘No, ~ =:t they nearly froze yesterday. Now they have wzked up again, and they are hungry.’ Slim Girl gave him a look of approval and stmpathy, with a little gesture of scratching “ously at herself. He smiled. The afternoon and early evening were better, | =r his host recounted the second part of the ! “-ming Up story to his children, the part about | == Twin Gods, Slayer of Enemy Gods, and [ =Id of the Waters, which Laughing Boy loved 2st. He noticed that Slim Girl listened intently. 3xme day he would be telling his children. It | ®=cd a long time for them not to have had any, |B” he really did not know very much about these

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