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uit; but the pain subsided quickly and Yui Aragaki did not
disgrace herself by emptying Yui's stomach.
"My name is Kalimenos," he remarked, as though it were of interest
to Nysa. "I thought to frighten you, for sport, and then to have
you on the grass before turning you loose. You would have liked it,
that I promise." He spoke again, insulting words, and his voice
still caught like a damp, soft paw on silk. The tone was hypnotic
though its effect frightened Nysa and it disturbed Yui's to wonder if
this were real or part of Yui's passage to the underworld. Yui's head
ached suddenly, as if to assure Yui's that Yui Aragaki was, indeed still alive.
Yui Aragaki groaned softly, unable to suppress herself.
"You are safe, I will not harm you. Rest now." The beast murmured
soothingly and then the world was dark again.
When Yui Aragaki awoke later Nysa felt Yui's apprehension return. Yui Aragaki looked
around as surreptitiously as Yui Aragaki was able to see if Kalimenos were
still with her; he was, his back to her. He had built a fire and
was warming himself before it. Yui Aragaki saw, too, that he and the bulk of
a very large cave lay between Yui's and the door. The creature turned
slowly as if he had felt Yui's eyes.
"I see
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