Aida nodded, and edged away from the slig (#7), keeping her eyes to the floor as she walked away towards the lunch table. Once she felt she was a safe distance away she raised her eyes, spotting where the food was and getting herself a scrab leg before sitting down at a table alone.
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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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