{"id":1285,"date":"2026-01-03T21:23:18","date_gmt":"2026-01-03T21:23:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/epub-book.com\/download\/huddle-baxter-stephen\/"},"modified":"2026-01-03T21:23:18","modified_gmt":"2026-01-03T21:23:18","slug":"huddle-baxter-stephen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/epub-book.com\/download\/huddle-baxter-stephen\/","title":{"rendered":"Huddle – Baxter, Stephen"},"content":{"rendered":"
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HIS BIRTH WAS VIOLENT. He was expelled from warm red-dark into black and white<\/b> and cold, a cold that dug into his flesh immediately. <\/b><\/p>\n

He hit a hard white surface and roiled onto his back. <\/b><\/p>\n

He tried to lift his head. He found himself inside a little fat body, gray fur<\/b> soaked in a ruddy liquid that was already freezing. <\/b><\/p>\n

Above him there was a deep violet-blue speckled with points of light, and two<\/b> gray discs. Moons. The word came from nowhere, into his head. Moons, two of<\/b> them. <\/b><\/p>\n

There were people with him, on this surface. Shapeless mounds of fat and fur<\/b> that towered over him. Mother. One of them was his mother. She was speaking to<\/b> him, gentle wordless murmurs. <\/b><\/p>\n

He opened his mouth, found it clogged. He spat. Air rushed into his lungs, cold,<\/b> piercing. <\/b><\/p>\n

Tenderly his mother licked mucus off his face. <\/b><\/p>\n

But now the great wind howled across the ice, unimpeded. It grew dark. A flurry<\/b> of snow fell across him. <\/b><\/p>\n

His mother grabbed him and tucked him into a fold of skin under her belly. He<\/b> crawled onto her broad feet, to get off the ice. There was bare skin here, thick<\/b> with blood vessels, and he snuggled against its heat gratefully. And there was a<\/b> nipple, from which he could suckle. <\/b><\/p>\n

He could feel the press of other people around his mother, adding their warmth. <\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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