[ The look he gives her is flat, a tiny bit surprised. ]
This is the worst?
[ Not to minimize how awful it is to get trapped on a cushion fighting piranhas, but Stephen has walked into a shopping mall infested with raptors, waded in foreign atmosphere infested with giant, carnivorous worms, been dragged under the sand by giant scorpion-crabs, and shot at everything from sonar-hunting bat creatures to sabretooth cats.
Swimming with piranhas is his idea of a vacation.
In fact, he has done that exact thing. On vacation. ]
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This is the worst?
[ Not to minimize how awful it is to get trapped on a cushion fighting piranhas, but Stephen has walked into a shopping mall infested with raptors, waded in foreign atmosphere infested with giant, carnivorous worms, been dragged under the sand by giant scorpion-crabs, and shot at everything from sonar-hunting bat creatures to sabretooth cats.
Swimming with piranhas is his idea of a vacation.
In fact, he has done that exact thing. On vacation. ]