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Zoerawrr 
Jake flinched as Kazi seemed to snap at him, and he frowned, pouting slightly. "I'm nnnnot behaving like a b-b-baby!" he replied, lips still on the side of his hand. He wanted his thumbs back!
Staring at Kazi's hand with dismay, Jake shrugged his shoulders. "I d-d-don't knuhh-know," he mumbled, moving his hand round to stick his pinky finger in his mouth. It would have to do for now as a substitute for sucking his thumb.
"I c-c-can't have a tthhhumb war ffffor them," he said darkly, surprised by his own injection of humour.
Kazimeriz chuckled.
"I do not suppose you could, at that. Think on this: What if I were to keep them? What would you do about that?" The old man played with the thumbs in one hand, still shaking them like macabre dice.
One thing was certain. The boy had to earn them back. He was not getting off easily.