"You have a point there." He waved one of the last at her, the claws flopping and clacking on the legs.
"Wouldn't that be a kick in the teeth? All the effort of trapping one and killing it, and not only does it not taste good but one bite of the flesh is deadly. That sounds like my luck. We had best never test ours together. No telling what terrible things could come of it." Possibly something worse than their dockside encounters, he thought.
"It's not something I haven't thought from time to time. Perhaps I'm being paranoid, but...sometimes when you shut a door it's best not to open it again." It had been such a long time now that at times he thought any such efforts would do more harm than good.
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"Wouldn't that be a kick in the teeth? All the effort of trapping one and killing it, and not only does it not taste good but one bite of the flesh is deadly. That sounds like my luck. We had best never test ours together. No telling what terrible things could come of it." Possibly something worse than their dockside encounters, he thought.
"It's not something I haven't thought from time to time. Perhaps I'm being paranoid, but...sometimes when you shut a door it's best not to open it again." It had been such a long time now that at times he thought any such efforts would do more harm than good.