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piosenniel · 10-01-2003, 03:35 AM

‘A pint it is, then, Master Auryn!’

Buttercup managed a smile of her own, and ran to fetch him a foaming mug of nut brown ale. ‘That’ll warm you down to the hair on your toes!’ she said, presenting him the pint; then blanched as she realized what she’d just said. With all the Big Folk passing through these days, it was hard to remember what was polite to them and what was not. She hoped she hadn’t offended him.

‘Best not to back track,’ she thought. ‘It will just get more tangled.’

With a quick nod to him, she raced off after Ruby, who had drifted on to another group of hungry and thirsty customers . . .

10-01-2003, 03:35 AM	#158
piosenniel Desultory Dwimmerlaik Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Pickin' flowers with Bill the Cat..... Posts: 7,779	‘A pint it is, then, Master Auryn!’ Buttercup managed a smile of her own, and ran to fetch him a foaming mug of nut brown ale. ‘That’ll warm you down to the hair on your toes!’ she said, presenting him the pint; then blanched as she realized what she’d just said. With all the Big Folk passing through these days, it was hard to remember what was polite to them and what was not. She hoped she hadn’t offended him. ‘Best not to back track,’ she thought. ‘It will just get more tangled.’ With a quick nod to him, she raced off after Ruby, who had drifted on to another group of hungry and thirsty customers . . . __________________ Eldest, that’s what I am . . . I knew the dark under the stars when it was fearless - before the Dark Lord came from Outside.