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I became aware of Annie standing behind me. She’d stopped screaming but I could feel her shaking.
“Is … is he … dead?” she asked in a tiny voice.
“Of course not!” I snapped. “You can see him breathing, can’t you? Look at his belly and chest.”
“But … why can’t he move?” she asked.
“He’s paralysed,” I told her. “The spider injected him with poison which stops his limbs working. It’s like putting him to sleep, except his brain’s still active and he can see and hear everything.”
I didn’t know if this was true. I hoped it was. If the poison had left the heart and lungs alone, it might also have skipped his brain. But if it had got into his skull …
The thought was too terrible to consider.
“Steve, I’m going to help you up,” I said. “I think if we move you around, the poison will wear off.”
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