Winking, if that was an eye

Galvani? said Karko. Course we have. Electrical currents. Frogs legs twitching and that.

You're not doing that to our girlfriend, said Decca.

Why not, said Ageless. We should make use of those legs.

It's not right, said Decca. That's all.

And it wouldn't work, added Karko. You never were any good at science. Say we made her legs twitch...

No, don't say it! said Decca, wincing.

But just say we did, said Karko. Starpuss is propped up on a bicycle, attached to it somehow with string. Her legs, sticking out of an ill-fitting carapace, are stimulated by electrical currents. They twitch. Does that make them press on the pedals? Does that make the wheels go round? No, Ageless you're being a dickhead.

At least I'm trying to think of a plan, said Ageless huffily.

There was an uncomfortable silence. Starpuss moved gently to and fro under the water. Could she really be dead? She drifted closer to Ageless.

She rubbed up against his leg. She was winking. If that was an eye.