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46%u201cI know how to cook snake so its tender. I think it is better than chicken or steak. This is a good find.%u201d Martha said.%u201cI want to dive down and take a look at that disc.%u201d Carla told Martha.Martha sat down next to her and stroked her face and hugged her before saying, %u201cThere%u2019s nothing to be gained by it. I told you, it came down from the sky. It%u2019s from another world. Whatever was in it has found us and procreated. You carry its babies. Leave it at that.%u201dCarla nodded. %u201cOkay. I agree. I am a surrogate mother and I%u2019ll take that responsibility seriously.%u201d%u201cMy. You know some good words. Surrogate. Did I teach you that?%u201d Martha said, smiling.%u201cYou must have done. No one else ever taught me anything.%u201dThey paddled back to Martha%u2019s shack and moored the boat.%u201cI%u2019ll get an axe and some bags. I have a freezer in the shed. It should take most of it once we debone the meat from its spine.%u201d Martha said.That night, after dusk, the two of them ate barbecued snake outside. The night was less humid and a slight breeze came in from the water. They drank rum together and talked.%u201cI can fill them moving all the time inside me. They%u2019re growing bigger. Each hour, I feel their presence and movements more acutely.%u201d Carla told her.%u201cI think you should check the bucket tomorrow. The ones in their might tell you when they are ready to be released into the swamp by their size.%u201d Martha advised.%u201cWill you put my boxed leeches on me later and arrange them properly?%u201d Carla asked.%u201cI will. Not tonight though. Give yourself another day. Make sure Swamp Tramp