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Show 230 Their hands moved back and f o r t h , hovering over a d i e as they chanted Shura shu shu shu| - - at the l a s t shu both grabbed. Yuri was the more a g i l e , and Jennings ended w i t h only her hand, which made him smile anri r o ll his eyes; i t seemed t o give him a f o o l i s h pleasure, Yuri poured another d r i n k , Sid suspected t h a t she wanted to pipe enough l i q u o r i n t o him to q u e l l whatever might l a t e r come to mind. Other geisha a r r i v e d . One, named M o r i , s t a r t e d teaching P h y l l is Japanese. " I ' v e had Japanese," said P h y l l i s , her tongue showing signs of t h i c k e n i n g . "Komban wa." "Komban wa very good. Very goori. Wouldn't rady r i k e more?" P h y l l i s took another d r i n k . "Oh why the h e l l not? How'll we s t a r t ?" Mori tucked her kimono around her legs and sat up, a b it schoolmarmish. "We s t a r t f i r s t sentence," she s a i d . "'Sore wa nan ries' ka?' Means "Wot i s riot?'" "I remsmber," P h y l l i s g i g g l e d . "Sore wa nan ries' ka? What's t h a t ?" Mori beamari through her powrier, and touched P h y l l i s 's hand. "You so good. So f r u e n t l Very short t i m e ." P h y l l i s sat s t r a i g h t e r , and waggled her head. "Sore \ua nan ries' ka? Easy. Sore wa" - l o o k i n g around, shs s e t t l e d on the door - - "nan des' ka?" N o r i bowed and s m i l e d . "Sore wa," she s a i r i , pronouncing c a r e f u l l y , " s h o j i riesu. S h o j i . " Anri bending her head: " S r i d i ng door. " |