As Roran watched, the man's arms, neck, and chest shriveled, and his bones appeared in sharp relief-from the bowlike curve of his collarbones to the hollow saddle of his hips, where his stomach hung like an empty waterskin. His lips puckered and drew back farther than they were intended to over his yellow teeth, baring them in a grisly snarl, while his eyeballs deflated as if they were engorged ticks being squished empty of blood, and the surrounding flesh sank inward.
I feel all agitated, like one of those snow globes you see resting peacefully on shop counters. I was perfectly happy being an ordinary, dull little Swiss village. But now Jack Harper__ come and shaken me up, and there are snowflakes all over the place, whirling around until I don__ know what I think anymore. And bits of glitter, too. Tiny bits of shiny, secret excitement.
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I feel all agitated, like one of those snow globes you see resting peacefully on shop counters. I was perfectly happy being an ordinary, dull little Swiss village. But now Jack Harper__ come and shaken me up, and there are snowflakes all over the place, whirling around until I don__ know what I think anymore. And bits of glitter, too. Tiny bits of shiny, secret excitement.
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