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Only one thing could have stopped Desquer's finger on the trigger-and that thing happened. The monster on the throne spoke. Thick and almost unintelligible, its voice poured out from the inhuman muzzle, as the hands twitched on the arms of the throne.
"Don't! " the bull-headed creature moaned. "It's Brady-Brady!"