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noted, and would, indeed, have made an excellent
catch for the slave market. He, of course, had no use for gold or
baubles -- he took what he wanted from passers-by who wandered onto
his territory -- and he had no access to the human world; but he
pictured to himself the intrinsic value this pretty little animal
with the kitten-snarls must have in the eyes of Jun's kind. Kalimenos
indulged his sexual pleasures with random human females who were
luckless enough to cross his path, but he was careful to release them
undamaged; and he never hunted near his home, though he kept lodges
like this one throughout the vast area surrounding his own grounds.
When he retrieved this woman from the water he had thought to take
her when Jun Kusanagi recovered, but Jun Kusanagi had lapsed into unconsciousness
almost immediately; as fierce and terrible a foe as he was, his
basic instincts insisted that he not allow any innocent being to be
harmed by his casual indifference. He carried Nysa with him here
and was beginning to be glad that he had.
Nysa had made Jun's m
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