Things seemed to have calmed down a bit, and Aida slowly pried herself away from the corner. She still had the letter, and now seemed to be an appropriate time to approach the two Glukkons and find out if one of them was Arnie.
Gathering her quivering nerves, she apprehensively walked towards the two Glukkons, pulling the letter out to point out Arnie's name to the first Glukkon that noticed her.
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"Sick cultures show a complex of symptoms such as you have named . . . but a DYING culture invariably exhibits personal rudeness. Bad manners. Lack of consideration for others in minor matters. A loss of politeness, of gentle manners, is more significant than is a riot."
-- Robert Heinlein in Friday
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