i scream for you

"Yeah?" Osprey pretended to be a bit offended by the look on his face, although it took all her might not to burst out in laughter right there and then. It was surprising, how easy it was to communicate with Crete, as if nothing had happened since the last time they had been together. There was no awkwardness, no moments of silence (metaphorical, of course, but given the fact that she was so attuned to her brother, she considered him quite chatty), not a second, when she would wish to be elsewhere.

"Okay, smartypants - I can bet that you would have run from it with your tail tucked, if you would have seen, how big and scary it actually was," she challenged him and chuckled.