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Angry at my clumsiness, I dropped to my knees and flung the floor vent off the heating duct, ramming my hand into the black hole searching for the broken clasp of my wife's favorite necklace. My arm fully extended, fingers exploring, they brushed against something that felt like coarse strands of hair, and probing further, five rough textured sausage-shaped somethings, warm to the touch, and then... five long claws.

Submitted by myself (wolfygamer2727)