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20. Unreal?
The beast spoke in between earthquake inducing growls. It's voice wasn't right either, it was speaking correct but hearing human language come from the vocal chords of a monster was absolutely horrifying.
Claude didn't know who the giant monster could be talking to so he decided to stay quiet. Even if he wanted to talk, he'd have to wait for his spine to stop tingling first.
The beast took another eerily silent step towards him— causing his body to betray him further as he began to try harder to curl into himself and away from the beast.
"Hrmmmm...WHY DIDN'T YOU DINE ON YOUR KILL?....grrrrRRR!"
The beast yelled at him in a questioning manner. He thought the question over before answering, trying to be careful in what he said.
"I'm not an animal-- not a wild one at least....it felt...erhm...wrong. Taboo."
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