¤ 40 - A Monster

[honorinflames]

[caught between the gnawing stagnation that living in his place brings, and the weird tension of a murder having occurred recently, Zuko seriously needs something to take his mind off of things.

He needs a hobby.

So, he's heading out to the stables, hoping that the mongoose dragon is still there... and that it won't maul him once he finds it]

[filtered to Xena]

Hey. Uh... I was wondering if you were still offering lessons, now that we're back.

I wanted to--

[/filter]

[but then, as he enters the stables and his eyes adjust to the light... he's met with something even more intimidating than a mongoose dragon. There's a small crash as he staggers back a few paces]

--Why is there a polar bear dog in the stables??

Comments

[sexyhitchhiker]

It slipped my mind.

What, is she a friend? [you have friends??]

[honorinflames]

No.

[no, he doesn't have friends, dummy]

No one I know would have an animal like that. [--only horrible bloodthirsty lizard things]

[sexyhitchhiker]

[oh good, she was almost worried there for a sec]

I guess you do now.

She seemed okay.

[honorinflames]

She's probably from the Water Tribe.

[said like it's an argument against her being 'okay']

[sexyhitchhiker]

And that's bad, right?

[so deadpan]

[honorinflames]

She's probably one of Katara's friends.

[as if that's completely self-explanatory]

[sexyhitchhiker]

Do all the Water Tribe people know each other or something?

[honorinflames]

[well...]

I don't know. ...The ones in the south do, at least.