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there, inside."
"Sorry," I said, feeling lame. "Let me look at you."
rolled onto 's back in the shallow water and relaxed while I
explored 's body. was as thin as I was, not as bad as a few days
ago, but thin. The fish half of 's was noticably longer than 's legs
had ever been, with a dorsal fin on the back and a pair of pectoral fins
below 's gills. 's buttocks were gone, merged into a rounded mound of
fish, but when I looked for evidence of the fish's eyes on what must once
have been its face, all I could find was a pair of small scars.
took a turn looking at me, and I noticed that I could feel 's
fingers on as much as half of the fish's body. The other half of the
fish was still alien flesh, mostly near the tail and down the middle of
my front. The touch of 's fingers on the fish's body, when I could feel
it, was very pleasant, but it was disturbing when slid 's hands over
the numb areas because I could still sense movement but I couldn't tell
where was touching me.
"God, I wish I knew what was happening
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