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  Psi-Qolog had observèd a group of children playing in the creche at his practice. He had given Miss Correspondence specific instructions to finish his group dynamics script complete with geomantic notation.

  SHE DREW:  

  Miss Correspondence had notèd some group behaviour. She drew the character of Via.  

  °Via. The way of this psychologist has a way with me. His words, they feel dirty all over me° thought Miss Correspondence.

  Psi-Qolog spoke a Hebrew phrase aloud …  

  “Echezu lanu shuahliym.” He could tell that Miss Correspondence couldn't understand, so he rephrasèd it in perfect English. “Come let us catch the foxes,” he said. “The demons surrounding us.”  

  Psi-Qolog was playfully referring to the children surrounding them in the creche.  

  °Echezu lanu shuahliym° thought Miss Correspondence.  

  A jealous passion of the fury, a singular Erinye, rose up within Miss Correspondence, and she repeatèd the thought three times.  

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