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Abe sort of froze as the grating voice screamed at him. He found he'd held his breath and he still had his hand to his chest in surprise. He forced himself to hear the words instead of the delivery system for them. And then he forced himself to breathe.
"Uh. Uhm. Huh..." he stuttered but then cocked his head in obvious curiosity.
His hand flapped open toward the thing.
"This isn't my home," he said, measured, still pacing his words and forcing himself to calm.
His hand closed as he startled.
"Are you a girl?" he asked, the question surprising himself. "What, I mean...are-are you human?"
Gosh, this was so confusing.
"I'm sorry--I--you're obviously intelligent and aware and I'm not being very friendly. It's just...I've never seen anything like you. And I don't say that very often," Abe said, flustered.