194. Building

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She could feel the fear building up inside her, wringing her stomach and making her heart skip far too many beats. It made her wonder whether... it could hear her heart hammering away, and if so, how on Earth she was supposed to fend it off.

Hiding underneath a large bush, she could no longer see it, and for that, she was glad. It had more mouths than any creature should have, and more eyes than she could count in the few seconds that she had seen it.

But as she heard the dreadful sound of its pants near, she feared she would soon have an opportunity to count again. 

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