“I came to the table, pulled up a chair, and sat. “Everyone brought a pet. I feel left out.” An enthusiastic howl broke the silence, and Grendel bounded through the doorway. He galloped through the steak house, skidded on the floor, smashed into my chair, and dropped a dead rat on my lap. Awesome.”
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“The Beast Lord way: often wrong but never in doubt.”
“Did the Order return your sense of humor as part of the severance package?”
“I did some thinking.” “That is a very dangerous pastime,” Ghastek said.”
“If I turn up suicided in the morning, it was murder.”