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Show XXIX "Spacephobia: abnormal fear of being s u p p o r t e d by naught but insubstantial s p a c e ." from BauerWorlde Third Collegiate Dictionary, Screen 13,241 Phrapp opened his eyes and rolled them around. All he could see was the roof of what looked to be an a i r c a r ; which fact immediately caused a constriction in his stomach. Then he t u r n e d his head and saw Brandon, eyes tightly closed, holding the seat he was sitting on with both hands. Phrapp pulled himself up and g r u n t e d . Brandon jerked his head around to look at him. "Phrapp! Thank the Saints thou art still alive!" The big man's eyelids fluttered closed again as if in denial. "Thou art still a l i v e . . .? Phrapp...? P h r a p p . . . ? " Brandon let go of the seat and tried to help Phrapp into a sitting position. " P h r a p p . . . ?" "Aye, a y e , " Phrapp said wearily, grunting some more as he straightened up on the seat. He opened his eyes again and focussed on the ground far below, then shuddered. "We fly so high! " Brandon whispered, looking down and then quickly away. They were passing over a jagged group of s p i r e s , and then quite suddenly they were dipping down into a bowl-shaped valley with steep, 273 |
