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“I have a thought, Lae. Maybe in the place to which they take us, there will be no men or women properly formed. Maybe in time we shall forget what proper men and women look like and we can thus forget that we are incredibly ugly.”

“That may be so,” she said softly.

He glanced down and found that he was holding her hand. That puzzled him because none of the other monsters were nearby and thus there was no need of it.

Yet he did not wish to release her.

The silver temple moved in silence.