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"oi'm so thirsty, doctor."
cobwebs. "feels like me 'ead is full up of 'em," she said of the spider's workings. her tongue burnt to char in her mouth. it felt that her teeth began to sweat, and maggie was suddenly propelled upward, directly toward the yawning mouth of a demon.
she gasped but could not cry out; she shut her eyes and curled slowly in onto herself as the magma sensation started to work through every vein. "spiders in the dead trees outside," maggie mumbled, then shut her mouth.