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\u201cWhat\u2019s that?\u201d Picka Bone asked, startled. His bone head was hollow, but this was normal for a walking skeleton, and he could see, hear, and think well enough. Magical creatures were not handicapped in the manner of mortal ones; they were not subject to the ills of flesh. As it happened, they were just completing their hourly tour of the cemetery they were patrolling.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a living cat,\u201d his sister Joy\u2019nt said. She was his age, twenty-four, with nice bones. \u201cWith a bird sitting on his head.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s what I thought it was. Don\u2019t live cats normally eat live birds?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cNormally,\u201d Joy\u2019nt agreed. \u201cThere may be an interesting story here.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd we could use some interest in our dull routine.\u201d For that was a liability of their state: terminal dullness. Without the fear of pain or death, they seldom got exited. Intellectual interest was about all that sustained them, and they were not great intellects.<\/p>\n

The cat was coming directly toward them. It was a nondescript male with blond fur, evidently mundane. The little bird was flapping its wings but not flying, as if trying to get their attention. It was a male parakeet with brownish feathers, another mundane creature. They halted right before the skeletons.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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