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"He says he doesn’t want to be eaten."

Pura looked at Atticus, who looked as though he were about to drool. Not a single coherent word passed his lips. It crossed the boy's mind that Ty might not be quite 'with it' - which was rather nice, because Pura wasn't exactly well-adjusted either.

For once, he decided to humour his cousin (sibling, really, by this point) - mostly because he wasn't prepared to weather a tantrum. "OK," he conceded, sliding onto his belly next to the their dormant uncle. "What else does h-he say?"