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| 24 | 38 | With my View more quotes about right">right hand I lifted Vika to my shoulder and stood up. |
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| 24 | 35 | It began to hiss. |
| 24 | 36 | This noise unnerved me for a moment because I had been used to the uncanny silence of Priest-Kings. |
| 24 | 37 | Now the Beetle began to poke its head out from beneath the shelter of those domed, golden wings and its short antennae, tufted with golden fluff, thrust out and began to explore the chamber. |
| 24 | 38 | With my right hand I lifted Vika to my shoulder and stood up. |
| 24 | 39 | The hissing now became more intense. |
| 24 | 40 | Apparently the creature did not wish me to remove Vika from the cavern. |
| 24 | 41 | Walking backwards, Vika on my shoulder, the Mul-Torch in my hand, I slowly retreated from the cavern of the Golden Beetle. |