The Tale of Tara of Helium

Tara of Helium was taken to a second chamber. Within were several creatures with heads and bodies assembled, while many headless bodies lay about near the walls. Her captor addressed them as one who holds intercourse with superiors. She noted that their leather was more highly ornamented than that worn by any of the others she had previously seen. Several of those who examined her felt her flesh, hinching it gently between thumb and forefinger. Do not touch me, she cried imperiously. For was she not a princess of Helium? The expression on those terrible faces did not change. They will have to be fattened more, he said.

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