081413 #worm And then the bronze foot, tiny with perfect musculature, with which he was so recently painfully acquainted, heaves into view again. That's how Ltiky knows he's really awake. He can smell the foot now. Now it's close to his nose, but moving exquisitely slowly whereas before it was moving at full kick-speed. Now he can smell it. It smells like a warm dog's paw with a hint of mud and perfume.