“You’re half-starved, you poor thing,” soothes Troy.<\/p>\n
The mass of protoplasm shivers.<\/p>\n
“They kept us apart for so long,” he says, “and they wouldn’t listen when I told them what to feed you. I’m sorry. I’d understand if you didn’t want to follow me anywhere again.”<\/p>\n
Tentative pseudopods pulse questingly toward him.<\/p>\n
“But I lied and I pretended and I got back in here, baby. And I’m not coming out alone.”<\/p>\n
The blob surges forward, lumpy and asymmetrical, but rippling with hunger and life.<\/p>\n
“Good girl,” says Troy, “eat up,” and tosses it a jelly bean that tastes like revenge.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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