Arachnosaur. Richard Jeffries

he finally said with a tinge of defensiveness. “Shocked, speechless, maybe even a little scared.”

      “All of that,” Key agreed. “But you missed one ‘s’ word.”

      “Huh?” Gonzales reacted. “What ‘s’ word?”

      “Surprised,” Key informed him.

      Gonzales reflected on that, shaking his head as he failed to grasp the other man’s meaning.

      “She was everything but surprised,” Key clarified. “My friend, she has heard about this before.”