“Shaped like a mighty two-winged seed, the suckerbird could never fold its wings, and their overall span of some two hundred meters, made them masters of the breezes that stirred their hothouse world… So the suckerbird perched, paying out that incredible tongue from...
“At first Poyly did not answer, She knew the way in the forest, and in Nomansland. Things looked after themselves not after others. Dimly she guesses that the real purpose of the morel was to feed on others and to propagate itself as widely as possible, and that to...
“Poyly and Gren flung themselves flat beside their captive and waited. The terrible silences of the forest came in again like a tide all round them, and it was safe once more. Their captive was almost speechless. She pouted and tossed her head in answer to Poyly’s...
“Flymen were crafty enemies, seldom seen but much dreaded by the group. They worked by stealth. Though they did not kill unless forced to, they stole children, which was reckoned almost a graver crime. Catching them was hard. Flymen did not fly properly, but the crash...
“The cylindrical white tongue of the suckerbird still pulsed nearby. The bird itself squatted just below them, keeping its immense crude eyes swiveled for enemies. It was headless. Slung between the stiffly extended wings was a heavy bag of body, peppered with the...
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