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There were splashes of the viscid stuff the thing had used for blood, but they wouldn't be there long. Terrestrial rodents liked nighthound blood, and the woods were full of mice. He climbed in under the wheel, backed, turned, and drove away. THERE WERE SPLASHES OF THE VICID STUFF THE THING HAD USED FOR BLOOD BUT THEY WOULDN'T BE THERE LONG TERRESTRIAL RODENT LIKED NIGHTHOUND BLOOD AND THE WOODS WERE FULL OF MICE HE CLIMBED IN UNDER THE WHEEL BACKED TURNED AND DROVE AWAY
He put on his shirt. Then he went and dragged the dead nighthound onto the grade by its stumpy tail. It was an ugly thing, weighing close to two hundred pounds, with powerfully muscled hind legs which furnished the bulk of its motive-power, and sturdy three-clawed front legs. Its secondary limbs, about a third of the way back from its front shoulders, were long and slender; normally, they were carried folded closely against the body, and each was armed with a single curving claw. The revolver-bullet had gone in at the base of the skull and emerged under the jaw; the head was relatively undamaged. Verkan Vall was glad of that; he wanted that head for the trophy-room of his home on Nerros. Grunting and straining, he got the thing into the back of the jeep, and flung his almost shredded tweed coat over it. A last look around assured him that he had left nothing unaccountable or suspicious. The brush was broken where the nighthound had been tearing at the coat; a bear might have done that. EW IT UNDER THE BACK SEAT HE PUT ON HIS SHIRT THEN HE WENT AND DRAGGED THE DEAD NIGHTHOUND ON TO THE GRADE BY ITS SLUMPY TAIL IT WAS AN UGLY THING WEIGHING CLOSE TO TWO HUNDRED POUNDS WITH POWERFULLY MUSCLE TINED LEGS WHICH FURNISHED THE BULK OF ITS MOTIVE POWER AND THIRTY THREE CLAWED FRONT LEGS ITS SECONDARY LIMBS ABOUT A THIRD OF THE WAY BACK ITS FRONT SHOULDERS WERE LONG AND SLENDER NORMALLY THEY WERE CARRIED FOLDED CLOSELY AGAINST THE BODY AND EACH WAS ARMED WITH A SINGLE CURVING CLAW THE REVOLVER BULLET HAD GONE IN AT THE BASE OF THE SKULL AND EMERGED UNDER THE JAW THE HEAD WAS RELATIVELY UNDAMAGED VERKAN VALL WAS GLAD OF THAT HE WANTED THAT HEAD FOR THE TROPHY ROOM OF HIS HOME ON NARROWS GRUNTING AND STRAINING HE GOT THE THING INTO THE BACK OF THE JEEP AND FLUNG HIS ALMOST SHUDDED TWEED COAT OVER IT A LAST LOOK AROUND ASSURED HIM THAT HE HAD LEFT NOTHING UNACCOUNTABLE OR SUSPICIOUS THE BRUSH WAS BROKEN WHERE THE NIGHTHOUND HAD BEEN TEARING AT THE COAT A BEAR MIGHT HAVE DONE THAT
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