¤ 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

[optimystic]

I think a better question to ask is why there wasn't a polar bear dog before?

[does she know who owns the polar bear dog? no! does she know what a polar bear dog is? nope! but this seems like a fun thing to say]

[honorinflames]

[...]


...What?


[he is obviously missing the entire point.]

[optimystic]

Oh you're no fun.

[fine fine, she'll give an answer that makes sense] So what's a polar bear dog?

[honorinflames]

[a huff] A giant vicious animal that should not be in a stable.

[optimystic]

Was it attacking the horses?

[honorinflames]

...Not yet.

[optimystic]

'Yet'? Is it showing dangerous signals?