"Dust is human skin and bugs."
Chambray looked at the finger she had just run through the dust on the bookshelf. "No," she said, scandalized.
"Yes," continued Fee, relishing Cham's dismay. "It sloughs off your body and floats around. You breathe it in, too." Fee was proud of using the word sloughs. It was new and she was trying it out.
Cham wiped her finger on the rug then on her pants to make doubly sure it was gone. She tried not to breathe until they had left the dusty library.
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