"A very pregnant Indian woman was inspecting elfin figurines. I turned a spinning rack of reading glasses until I was certain, then I stood discreetly beside her, picking up a skiing elf. The woman’s stomach protruded so far that its belly button was closer to me than it was to her.
Kubelko?
Yes. Am I in you?
No. You’re in someone else."

–The First Bad Man, page 72

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