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1 " I’d have thought he was kidding about the bacon if I hadn’t seen Major Xiaolang’s dragoo consume bacon like an alcoholic would a fine brandy. "
― Honor Raconteur , The Dragon's Mage (Advent Mage Cycle #5)
2 " Lieutenant, would you mind putting the spear down?” “I-is she feeling threatened?” he asked nervously. “No,” I drawled, “she thinks you’re going to play fetch with her.” “Not play fetch?” Kaya said in tones of great disappointment. “No fetch. Lieutenant, seriously, put the spear away. She likes playing keep-away too. "
3 " Kaya, to my complete lack of surprise, had kids hanging off of her on every limb. Her tail kept twitching, too, which I used to gauge how happy she felt. The tail was an accurate happiness meter. Just twitching meant a general contentment with the world. Outright thumps—known to destroy furniture and knock down innocent bystanders—meant she felt ecstasy. "
4 " She gave me a look, amused at herself even as she told her story. “Was curious. Stayed to see how man make fire-ring. Then he juggle fire-balls for me. Make friend. I like man, so I stay. "
5 " Yes, yes, it was funny that my familiar didn’t think that I could be trusted to walk around on my own. "
6 " Then come in as low as you can and drop me!” My familiar turned her head and gave me a look that I swear she learned from Mari. It boiled down to: I can’t believe you just suggested such a stupid thing. "
7 " She can’t even fit through the doors, much less the hallways!” “Well, I know that, and you know that, but she doesn’t see a problem with punching a hole through the wall to get to you.” “Errr…that’d be bad.” “Try convincing her of that. "
8 " How did she know which window was yours?” “I have absolutely no idea.” Leaning toward me slightly, she said with wicked amusement, “The real question is, how many false tries did it take before she found the right window.” Actually, that was a question I had no intention of asking. I just didn’t want to know. "
9 " Garth had told me stories about how awful Night was at first. Would she get better over time like Night did? Or stay possessive? "
10 " Tent good,” I tried reasoning with her. “Tent protect.” She snorted at this, and drawing herself up in a dignified way, archly informed me, “I protect. "
11 " The novelty of petting a tame dragon was apparently too much to resist. "
12 " Kaya likes mine best so far. Plenty of fire.” Kaya nodded in support of this. “Good fire.” Did I really want to put something in my mouth that was spicy enough for a dragon—a dragon that loved eating actual fire—to approve of? "
13 " Kaya turned her attention to the still upset children. Much to their father’s alarm (and my amusement) she put her head up against them and started making soft, rumbling noises of comfort. “Bad men gone,” she assured them. “Fire gone too. No cry, no cry. "
14 " She turned those big eyes on me and implored, “Krys stay too?” I never stood a chance when she turned those eyes on me. She was a dragon. She shouldn’t be good at puppy eyes! Defeated, I just let out a long sigh. “Sure, I’ll stay too. "
15 " Kaya took every letter we received away from me and tucked it securely and carefully away in a strongbox. The pictures she had me hang on the wall, though. "
16 " The air carried a slight edge of coolness. Not enough to be uncomfortable, but I knew that if we stayed in the air long enough, I’d be chilled by the time we got home. "
17 " Garth, are you teaching my dragon to accessorize? "
18 " So I just shot a high-density burst of flame at it, more or less evaporating the wood. The instant the door disappeared, the fire inside the room roared forward, "
19 " Heart, stop trying to beat your way out of my chest. You’re not helping. "
20 " Around an entire country?” she demanded when I finished. “It’s a small country,” I pointed out. "
