"[...] Conductors on other routes, if they're real unlucky, sometimes get attacked by giraffes."
The girls stared at each other.
"You're the second person to say that," Deeba said.
"I've seen giraffes," Zanna said.
"The're not so scary..." Deeba said.
"Ha!" The whole bus looked up at Jones's laugh. "They've done a good job making people believe that those hippy refugees in the zoo are normal giraffes. Next you'll tell me that they've got long necks so they can reach high leaves! Nothing to do with waving the bloody skins of their victims like flags, of course."
- Un Lun Dun, China Miéville -
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