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Apr. 10th, 2007 09:25 pmHe wasn't sure what he had done or neglected to do, but he knew he was going to be punished for it. Swelter had that certain gleam in his eye, partly from the alcohol, partly from indulging his own whims within his kitchen kingdom.
He could hear the chef's bellowing from his hiding place near the pantry and could almost feel the hard grip of his large sweaty hands from the other side of the room. And then the giant was upon him, shouting and spitting a storm of furious and delirium-tinged curses upon him and his questionable parentage.
A clatter of pans in another part of the kitchen distracted the monster for a moment, just long enough for the boy to squirm out of Swelter's horrible grasp and scramble away back towards the pantry. Steerpike had almost escaped when a great boot to his rear sent him tumbling through the door and into a place he had never seen before.
He could hear the chef's bellowing from his hiding place near the pantry and could almost feel the hard grip of his large sweaty hands from the other side of the room. And then the giant was upon him, shouting and spitting a storm of furious and delirium-tinged curses upon him and his questionable parentage.
A clatter of pans in another part of the kitchen distracted the monster for a moment, just long enough for the boy to squirm out of Swelter's horrible grasp and scramble away back towards the pantry. Steerpike had almost escaped when a great boot to his rear sent him tumbling through the door and into a place he had never seen before.
