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Pangolin and the Mantis

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"See, Mantis?" Pangolin stopped for a moment, pointing a long, curved claw at an opening in the mountain range stretching ahead of them. "The Axolotl's Pass, right over there. Only a few more hours, and then we'll be at the village of Little Spleen."

The great mantis at her side tilted her head and clicked her mandibles inquisitely. Pangolin smiled.

"I'm sure they'll have some old nag or dried-up cow that they won't mind parting with, don't you worry."

They'd better have, Pangolin reflected with a glance at the abdominal segments of her steed. So far, there was no great need for worry, but in this case, the young explorer preferred to be on the safe side. A well-trained Mantis domesticus giganticus may be swift and charismatic, and an excellent deterrent against highway robbers to boot, but if you did not keep them well fed, well... Were my scales as thick as the shield of a great panzerdillo, I still wouldn't risk it.

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A sculpture of a pangolin and her trusty steed. Chavant clay and metal armature. The wooden base is around 40x50 centimetres (16x20 inches?), the mantis around 30 centimetres (12 inches) long.

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fantastic work! down to every last detail including the story bit, looks like it to come to life in an instant