Belial fished a cigarette out of his pocket and lit it, watching a beetle make a vain attempt to ford the small river that had formed in the gap between two paving stones.
He bent and caught the tiny creature as it was nearly swept away, and held it up gingerly between two fingers. The beetle's legs windmilled wildly for a moment, then slowed to the pace of a crawl in midair.
Belial had forgotten how dense the population of living creatures was on Earth
A larger shape in the gloom caught his interest, and it had the feel of the supernatural, so Belial sat the beetle down on the other side of the rivulet and strode out into the rainstorm to investigate.
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He bent and caught the tiny creature as it was nearly swept away, and held it up gingerly between two fingers. The beetle's legs windmilled wildly for a moment, then slowed to the pace of a crawl in midair.
Belial had forgotten how dense the population of living creatures was on Earth
A larger shape in the gloom caught his interest, and it had the feel of the supernatural, so Belial sat the beetle down on the other side of the rivulet and strode out into the rainstorm to investigate.