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"He felt in his pockets. All he found was money, nothing smaller than a thousand-kroner note. He gave them that.
'I mustn't take,' said the boy. 'That's what my mother says.'
Kasper stood up.
'From Santa Claus,' he said, 'you can take anything. Tell your mother that. Say that Santa is going to come and nibble her earlobe.'
'What about my father?'
Kasper began heading down toward the earth's surface.
'Santa Claus will come and nibble him as well.'
'I've got a dog too,' said the little girl hopefully.
'I'm sorry,' said Kasper. 'Even Santa Claus has to set limits.'
'You don't talk very nice,' said the girl.
Kasper turned toward her.
'For children to know where the abyss is, and be careful,' he said, 'you need to take them all the way out and show them the edge.'"
- 'The Quiet Girl', Peter Høeg.
A loanword from Ancient Mesopotamia (Sumerian language).
The sequel to the film Abyss: the Son of Abyss.