Chapter 26
There's silence for a few moments.
"We won't bite, Vince." Saboo chuckles. I smile slightly. All of the others are looking at him, even the head shaman. "Shall we go and sit down?" I nod.
"Vince, we know you're nervous and scared, so you don't have to talk about anything you don't want to. We can talk about anything you want; it doesn't have to be anything important. Is that ok?" I nod. He smiles.
"You can talk, you know." The pink thing says.
"Tony…" He sighs.
"What? What's wrong?" He demands.
"Just shut up."
"Why?"
"Just do it, Tony." One of the shamans interrupts. I think his name is Mereki. He turns to Saboo. "Ignore him. You know what he's like."
"It's fine." I speak for the first time.
"No it isn't." Saboo says. "He has no right to talk to you like that. You shouldn't listen to him though. He's got fewer brains than a mollusc. Well he technically is a shell-less mollusc."
"A mollusc?"
"A kind of sea creature. Some have shells, like mussels and oysters. Some don't, like octopi, squids, and him."
"I am not a mollusc!"
"Yes you are." We all say in unison. No-one speaks for a moment. Then we look at each other, and we burst out laughing.