Rincewind looked at the liquid in the cup. It had probably been clean before it was poured in, now drinking it would be genocide for thousands of innocent germs.
He put it down carefully.
'Now I'm going to have a good wash!' stated Bethan, and stalked off through the curtain.
The 'They believe a star is going to crash into the Disc,' said Rincewind.
'Is it?'
'Lots of people think so.'shopkeeper waved a hand vaguely and looked appealingly at Rincewind and Twoflower.'She's not bad,' said Twoflower. 'She's going to marry a friend of ours.''Does he know?''Things not so good in the starshop said Rincewind, as sympathetically as he could manage.The little man shuddered. 'You wouldn't believe it,' he said. 'I mean, you learn not to expect much, you make a sale here and there, it's a living, you know what I mean? But these people you've got these days, the ones with these star things painted on their faces, well, I hardly have time to open the store and they're threatening to burn it down. Too magical, they say. So I say, of course magical, what else?''Are there a lot of them about, then?' said Rincewind.'All over the Disc, friend. Don't ask me why.'
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