“You had me at no holds barred,” she growled, rising from her crouch.
Good to know you’re on board. 🙂
I didn’t dare to open my mouth, not with the risk of angering her and changing her mind. I nodded instead.
Good call. You know how she feels about people talking too much anyway.
Together, we limped back to my lair. Every step I took was a chore. Where Grue and I had supported each other, Bitch didn’t offer me anything.
There’s still some distance to go, but with Bitch opening up a bit near the end here, I’m finally beginning to believe the friendship can be cultivated post-Extermination.
Also, while I think this line supports my point, it does also remind me of one thing that could be argued to be a borderline friendly gesture from Bitch: In Hive, when she let Taylor borrow her coat in order to hide her marks from being held by half-dragon Lung.
It bothered me a little; we could have ridden Sirius if we’d cooperated to help each other onto his back, but that wasn’t apparently in the cards.
…still some distance to go.
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