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Casmir's first order of business as King of the Ocean was to kiss the floor. He took an almighty tumble, body meeting sand with a hollow thud and the whisper of sand falling back to the ground. Behati ran on a few paces before realizing what had occurred, and doubled back to gloat. "Jester, maybe," she grinned, stepping out of the crab's way as it scuttled away to praise God and join the ranks of born-again believers. He had been hitting the liquor pretty hard after the divorce, and a near-death experience could not have come at a better time.  

Casmir didn't get up straight away, and the way he clutched his leg to his chest melted Behati's smug expression like a hot mouth around a frozen pea."Y-..you didn't break anything, right?" she asked, dipping her slim nose to breathe in his ear - not quite touching.