Episode 206: Expert Opinion

Terrastina asks Mazolli to look at her latest picture, a painting of a pair of old shoes of Mazolli’s, but with a few twists. The laces have tiny snake heads at all four ends, and the tongues of the shoes are thin and forked, like snake tongues. The leather is scaled like snake skin. Mazolli nods his approval. That’s quite a picture, he says. Terrastina holds up two frames. I can’t decide which one of these to use, she says. Which one do you like? Let’s ask the twins, says Mazolli. They’re always good at this sort of thing.

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