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Click. A stick inserted itself into the puppet's spine. Click-click. Two more into its shoulders.

The puppet didn't move.

The puppet walked over, plucked it out, and held it up to Leo's wide, unblinking eye. pivot stick library

The puppet turned its head and looked at Leo. Not with the blank, dead stare of painted resin. But with recognition . plucked it out

It began, as many terrible things do, with a simple, elegant solution to a common problem. as many terrible things do

"Don't worry," it whispered, the sticks chattering in chorus. "Every library needs a new head librarian."

He pulled the master lever.