Embers (Scales 'N' Spells 4.) 3 csillagozás

“Cassie, swear to me—”
“Fuck you,” she said promptly.
Nikki eyed her sideways, exasperated. “I meant like a promise.”
“Oh. My bad.”

“Who are you?” he asked finally.
It wasn’t nice of Nikki to mess with a drunk person. But Nikki never claimed to be nice, either. “I’m me! Who are you?”
“I’m also me!” Drunk dragon blinked in astonishment. “How can this be?”
“We’re both me.”
“If we’re both me, we must be kin!” He looked very happy at this conclusion.

“Fuck that guy,” Cameron said with righteous indignation.
Cassie frowned deeply. “What if we fucked him with a cactus?”
“While the cactus is on fire? Sold.”
“I’m worried the fire would damage the integrity of the spines and therefore be less painful because of it.”
“We can light it on fire for round two.” Cameron nodded, comfortable with his own decision.
Tori turned and added, “I feel sorry for this cactus that is about to die a tragic, very young death. I think we should reconsider this plan, as this is plant abuse. Poor, innocent desert pricks deserve nurturing, not burning in some disturbing bum. And what the hell are you two talking about?”

Alright, Knights of the Kittens, assemble!

Nikki ripped the door open but managed to not leap at the dragon. Playing hard to get might be utterly out of their reach, but they could play it cool. A little. Maybe.

“You always want to go shopping.”
“No lie detected.”

“The dragon can remember every name of every mage and dragon in this castle, recall clan disputes from nearly a millennia ago with perfect clarity, but he can’t remember that dirty clothes go in the white basket in the bathroom. At the end of the day, he just starts flinging off clothes, leaving a trail through the apartments like the underwear gnomes are going to follow behind him in the night and pick it all up.”

Uh…the logic is there, swirling and swirling, but it’s not connecting.

Nikki was completely out of patience.
If there was patience left to give, it had already left. On a scale of one to ten of patience? Theirs was somewhere in the negatives.

“You’re going to ruin me and it’s going to be amazing."