Bleary from fitful sleep, his right eye focused at last to regard the strange figure of huck, a creature whose physical form seemed like an improb- able swirl of organic and mechanical parts. The slender male tried without success to wave them off. Or do most dire phantoms take the form of men, lurking in shadows with vile intent.
I can only claim the merit that i instantly reconsidered my position when, however, it became clear to me that whatever danger threatened an occupant of the room could not come either from the window or the door.
Let the dendarii see only the polished surface, and not the man inside the man inside.