“What do you call this spell, anyway?” asks Rob, a little repulsed.<\/p>\n
“Extract of ariolimax columbianus<\/i>, Vittles,” says Salem. There’s less venom in his voice now: blow-drying the slugs seems to calm him. “And ‘snot a spell. One of your pharmacos will catch on in five years, but for now it’s our secret…”<\/p>\n
Rob has his doubts about its efficacy, but Salem’s demonstration knocks them out as quickly as it does his victims. He snaps a pinch of powdered slug into the air and waits: seconds later, a big man in a kerchief walks through and sleeps face-first into the wall.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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