Translations:Fei An Strozo/5/en

Like a particularly startling jack-in-the-box, out of the wide gash in the earth a bothrioc quadomme emerges. It looks quite different from the ones you’ve seen already, and not just because this one is sedately considering you the right way up, rather than dangling from the ceiling. Her skin and hair is brown and her carapace a deep russet, and she’s more thickset, her hips round and wide, her plump abdomen heavier and closer to the ground. And, yes, it’s difficult to look at this one and think of anything but the feminine: her full hair cascades from a bundle down her shoulder, her proud-set lips are full and red, and even without breasts, and a featureless mound between her legs, she seems to breathe voluptuousness.