four men generally like to mess together, and one cooking pot among them takes the place of a mess-tin or dixie

The drones in A2 were only retrieving hosts for implantation, so we don't know if they could transform a victim into an egg. (for that matter, xforming into an egg isn't even a fact, but there's no proof against it yet,...)

The mouth is always available for service; the breast is not. So the anticipation is breastdirected. The beselved body in fact lives more outside its literal Habit.

The French Riviera has long been a favorite playland for dodgy characters of all stripes.