"I agree with that wholeheartedly, miss Friday," Haro said, perhaps a little more fervently than he would have if he wasn't saying it to a dragon who could swallow him in one bite and still be hungry. (Not that he expected such a thing, of course, as she was entirely civil with him and all that, but thinking of how she could be quite devastating if she wanted to made him appreciate her desire not to be.)

"That's boring, but even I can't go up against everybody by my little lonesome," Flunika sighed, flopping down more bonelessly on Friday's lap.