Intermission 6 Page 3

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“I’d say that dungeon went pretty well, wouldn’t you?”

“Ricki, a ghost stabbed me through the SOUL five times.”

“Yeah but you’ll get BETTER!”

“Nobody got hurt permanently or anything! And we got a whole entire house out of it!”

“PLUS…! I got the soul-stabbing sword!”

“Although I don’t know if I can actually stab souls with it any more…”

“Nothing I saw in there changed my mind about how dangerous these dungeons are. We were minutes away from disaster.”

“But fine, you’re right. We got a house out of it, assuming your mysterious benefactor doesn’t show up suddenly with a legion of the Guard to take it away.”

“I’m sure it’ll be fine forever.”

“In that case, now that we have a new place to live and grow food, and enough space for all your weird new friends, are you going to quit while you’re ahead and stop sneaking away to explore dungeons?”

“…”

“I see.”

“In that case, I’m going to go try to get some sleep. I’ve been up all day because of this nonsense. Wake me up for breakfast. I recommend letting that nice young kobold cook another rat, but if you find something else, that’ll work just as well I suppose.”

“And you let me know before you head off on your next ridiculous lark. I may be tagging along again.”

“Lohk, you don’t have to—”

“Yes I do, Ricki.”