Thief of Time - Sting

'You have to decide it amongst yourselves,' said Lu-Tze. He tossed the axe into the air. A hundred pairs of eyes watched it fall.

Mr Orange got there first, but Miss Taupe trod on his fingers. After that, it became very busy and
confusing and, to judge by the sounds from within the growing scrum, also very, very painful.
Lu-Tze took the arm of the astonished Unity.

'Shall we be going?' he said. 'Oh, don't worry about me. I was just desperate enough to try something I'd learned from a yeti. It did sting a bit...'

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