Eidolon Avenue: The First Feast
His head turned from her, his eyes on Benji sitting, wounded and lost.
Peabody smiled.
***
Red wine dribbled from Benji’s mouth. He did nothing, his hands and remaining fingers resting on the tablecloth, his dinner untouched.
“He doesn’t eat much, does he,” Peabody said as he wiped the cracker crumbs from his hand onto the empty plate in front of him.
“Not much. It’s hard to, I imagine, what with the lower part of his jaw, there on the left side, as you can see, basically gone.” She pushed the finished plate of crackers and cheese away.
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