Tangle in the Dark - Kassidor

“Oh them cunts aren’t that bad,” Tellow said. “He’ll getall the love he needs.”By the whooping going on over there, they must haveguessed right. Shouts went back and forth between them andthe people at the campfire. They heard the “Kozike had aboy,” echo across the neighborhood in the still of dark.Alan had most of the bag filled already. “You can stopthere,” Tellow said. “What do I owe you?”“I thought the invite to the party was payment.”“I’d almost pay you extra for that, that way my peterwon’t be so sore tomorrow.”“In that case this meal and one more,” Alan said. He hadgotten a little carried away with it when he programmed upthose witches.6:22pm Tue. Feb. 7, 2384Alan had just started on his supper, a leshin and trap withbreaded mooliuk as the trap. They were better than thecalimari the restaurants in most universes served and richerthan standard garden pest bits. As part of his sentence, he wasnot confined to his universe and could have gone out. Hecould have gone out within his own universe. But heremembered what a great cook the cherub Chatuum had been,the one who was the partner of Desa’s son Dara. She hadtaught him a lot about cooking, and he wasn’t up for acting67