03-18-2009, 01:38 PM
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fruminous edugeek
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From Terry Pratchett's Reaper Man:
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The shopkeeper looked both ways and then pulled open a drawer under the counter, at the same time lowering her voice to a conspiratorial whisper. "Of course," she said, "for that very special occasion..."
It was quite a small box. It was also entirely black, except for the name of the contents in small white letters; cats, even in pink ribbons, wouldn't be allowed within a mile of a box like this. To deliver a box of chocolates like this, dark strangers drop from chairlifts and abseil down buildings.
The dark stranger peered at the lettering.
"DARK ENCHANTMENTS," he said. I LIKE IT.
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