"I know you," I told her, searching my memory. "There was a fire. Who are you?"She twisted away and started to run but her clumsy wooden clogs skidded...on the mossy bricks, and she went down. I pulled her to her feet, feeling how little she weighed and how thin her arm was, and led her to the nearest tavern, plunked her down on the inside of a bench and sat, blocking her escape.I got us some stew and some ale, and she ate as if she had not eaten for a week. I studied her as she did. Her hair was. The clockwork head did not squish. Instead Jackson's foot slipped out sideways, twisting his ankle. He fell off and landed in an ungainly heap right in front of the advancing clockwork metal head. It did not stop. Heavy metal feet crunched down on Jackson, first breaking his legs, then crushing his vertebrae to powder, before finally shattering his skull like an egg.It was as painful as it sounded.The unseen figure slapped a scaly hand against its forehead."Oh my, you really are stupid," it. "So your saying you would want that done to you?" he asked, "NO!, I mean its an exciting thought having something that long and hard shoved thought me, yes, but I don't think I could take that kind of pain!" Jenna replied looking straight into her father's eye's, "Why are you asking me this daddy?" she asked, "Well our cannibal neighbors are having another barbeque tomorrow night and have asked if I would let them spit you?" he said, "And what did you tell them?" she asked looking slightly. "Cindy and Kerry aren't really brother and sister. And neither are Natalie and Jerry."Vlad gave us a blinding grin. "Discriminating collectors do not mind such things as long as there is an actual brother and sister in the movie. In fact, some of my most popular movies start with the sister and her boyfriend, and then brother joins in. I make more than fairy tales. One popular movie is when brother takes sister to prom because parents are too strict to allow her to date. Afterwards, he.