"His snuffling is partly constitutional — Moa is an amphibian — and partly directed at his current customers, two impossibly cheerful young Comenor."
"Moa Blue's stern reptilian face softens."
"Moa smiles, a toothy effect that would have been intimidating in different context."
"'And' — she takes his scaly hand shyly — 'we'll remember you.'"
"'Well, now, wait till you read this last before too many thanks are in order,' he tells them, showing the glittering array of teeth that had carried his remote ancestors to dominance on his home planet of Hard Eggs."
James Tiptree Jr., The Starry Rift
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