The Pulse of Kato Whip: 14
Excerpt:
“Beds fit for a king, for a queen, nay, for a God!”
“Chivalrous beds for the true of heart!”
“Lewd beds for the lustfully lascivious!”
“Buy a bed, get a concubine free!”
With a flurry of negations Kato ran a gauntlet of hawkers. He slipped past beds, cots, sheets, quilts, pillows, casters, canopies, headboards, footboards, even nightcaps and eyeshades. Spindly fingers clutched at him, beds were thrown in his path for free demonstrations, mesmerizing charms waved before his eyes. All about him, hawkers broke into pillow fights over territory and tactics. He lowered his gaze and plunged onward, spinning free of one bargain after another until one voice slowed him to a “just looking” trot:
“Come one, come all, see the bed fashioned at the world’s core, guaranteed to suppress all sensations of a falling nature!”
The adventure continues…
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