us mechanical spider, however, was a much stranger sight than hed imagined. Still, the contraption wasnt as frightening as what had been in his head back when hed been blindfolded. The creature moved so delicately on its long legs, Spyder thought that it looked like it was walking on tip-toe.
Lulu walked up to the machine.
"Cornelius, remember me?" she asked.
The head on the enormous mechanism looked puzzled. "I apologize, madam. My memory isnt what it used to be. However, meeting you now is certainly a pleasure," he said. Cornelius turned his attention to Lucifer and bowed deeply.
"You were a gleeful and criminally stupid thug during your life. Do you recall any of that?" Lucifer asked. He approached Cornelius, who continued to hold his deep bow.
"No, my lord. "
"We harnessed your brutish tendencies to make use of you while you were in my domain. But Im prepared to relieve you of this job. Would you like that?" Lucifer made a dismissive gesture with his hand. "Dont bother answering, I know you would. You will take these good people and this book out that hole you might have noticed in the roof. You will take them wherever they want to go and do whatever they ask of you. When they dismiss you, and only then, you will return here to me and well discuss finding you some other task that wont wrack your pea-size brain. Do you understand?"
"Yes. Thank you, my lord. "
"Pick up the book and wait outside. "
Cornelius stood up and moved with delicate, almost mincing steps until hed positioned his enormous body properly on the uneven floor. Four of his metal legs scrabbled in the wreckage and pulled the book free. When it was secure against his belly,
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