Rock of Ages
“He yawned. He stretched. He rose from his bed and planted his bare feet on the floor and clenched his toes in the thick nap of the carpet.
He looked down at his knuckles. They were reddened and swollen and a bit sore. He flexed them in time with the clenching of his toes.
Voices were heard from the drawing room adjacent. Maijstral padded to the door, opened it, and entered the room.
Roberta, Nichole, and Kuusinen were watching a video and chatting. Glasses, bottles, and dirty dishes were strewn... on tables. It was perhaps the twentieth time they’d seen the video, and they hadn’t tired of it yet.
“Do you know,” Roberta said, “I believe this is the first time I’ve ever seen one human being climb another.”
In the video, Maijstral and Joseph Bob were facing each other, each with dire staff braced. The Bubber called out commands. And then, before Joseph Bob could move, Maijstral screamed, batted the Prince’s dire staff out of the way, then threw down his own weapon and launched himself at his foe.MoreLess
He looked down at his knuckles. They were reddened and swollen and a bit sore. He flexed them in time with the clenching of his toes.
Voices were heard from the drawing room adjacent. Maijstral padded to the door, opened it, and entered the room.
Roberta, Nichole, and Kuusinen were watching a video and chatting. Glasses, bottles, and dirty dishes were strewn... on tables. It was perhaps the twentieth time they’d seen the video, and they hadn’t tired of it yet.
“Do you know,” Roberta said, “I believe this is the first time I’ve ever seen one human being climb another.”
In the video, Maijstral and Joseph Bob were facing each other, each with dire staff braced. The Bubber called out commands. And then, before Joseph Bob could move, Maijstral screamed, batted the Prince’s dire staff out of the way, then threw down his own weapon and launched himself at his foe.MoreLess
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