Sea Lion Shores squid to be stolen

Mmm, honey.  Something Vienna hadn't had the pleasure of consuming often, but definitely a delicacy.  She imagined the prize would be worth almost any danger, though the experience he described made her second guess that decision.  A mouthful of stings sounded awful.  "In your mouth?  I bet that was fun to heal."  She shuddered, but her bright smile never wavered.  "An amazing story though!  Some might say karma kicked in."  She gave him a teasing wink.

She'd never put much stock in a merit system on life, though, and Luke didn't seem to deserve so harsh a consequence really.  Her cheerful demeanor demanded flippancy, though, and so fell into it enthusiastically, especially so because it rebounded off his own similar nature.  She found this male easier to get along with than most she had met up with, and easier to talk to.  Maybe because, like her, he saw no point in shutting others out.  So many threw their walls up so quickly, she could barely get a foot in the door.