"You don't understand young lady, you're interrupting a very sensitive process," said Vinei as he looked at the tiny human female. Were this back in the Crystal realm, Vinei would have just banished her into a dark corner. Now he dared not. It wasn't just because this little girl's parents were very strong, or because the Inn's rules prohibited it.
Yes, they were contributing factors, but the largest factor remained that it was well known that Lex was very protective of her, and recently Lex looked much too scary for Vinei, lord of darkness and monsters, to mess with.
"I know exactly what I'm doing," Almira responded as she rested her hands at her hips and looked at the black bird with the kind of expression her mother took when explaining something basic. "Uncle Lex needs this aunty's help. You don't know these things because you're not smart like me."
Mary's eyes flashed open, all drowsiness, all fatigue gone. Had she just been called an aunty? What the hell?
