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{{quote|''"I'll give you ten seconds," said Zirah. His eyes were lit with bright, childlike delight. |
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He leaned towards Hastur, who was rapidly backing away from the enthrallment on Zirah's face. |
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Ligur had forgotten about stealth and was fleeing, crashing through bushes and tripping over |
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tombstones. |
tombstones. |
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"Run," Zirah whispered. Someone yelled behind him. None of them noticed. |
"Run," Zirah whispered. Someone yelled behind him. None of them noticed. |
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The figures of the two demons blurred and vanished. |
The figures of the two demons blurred and vanished. |
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The problem with this Earth, Zirah thought, was that nobody ever let him relax. |
The problem with this Earth, Zirah thought, was that nobody ever let him relax. |
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Revision as of 10:21, 8 August 2014
"I'll give you ten seconds," said Zirah. His eyes were lit with bright, childlike delight. |
- Reading this immediately after Good Omens itself is extraordinarily disturbing, because you know that this isn't the way things should go; please God make it stop, but it doesn't stop and in this story, this is the was it goes.
- Most painful might be the dichotomy between Aziraphale, who insists on helping people he has to hypnotise, and Zirah, who happily kills babies.