Transcription: Chapter 4. What in the hell is that? Paul said as he appeared in Selene's workshop. The woman had an insect that looked something like a wasp on the end of her fingers, at which she was petting and cooing. The workshop was cluttered with buzzing and chittering cages. From one a lizard-like beast about the size of a human hand, with large doleful eyes and opposable thumbs, stared out at him. It hissed and scrabbled at the lock, pointing and beckoning to be let out. Others were filled with a variety of invertebrates, spiders, insects, and some things so changed as to be indecipherable. From the ...
