Moonspear I awoke only to find my lungs empty

She was now old and wise enough in the ways of the world to understand he might've preferred a little more discretion, so his good-natured if incredulous reaction wasn't entirely unexpected. Meerkat's response:



But it was pretty obvious she wasn't really that sorry, nor did her brother seem genuinely agitated. Pretty soon she was grinning again and batting playfully at his shoulder. She supposed Toad's name didn't invite a particularly pretty mental image but that just meant that when he saw her, he would be pleasantly surprised by her beauty.

-"What's wrong with advertising it? You do want a girlfriend, don't you?"- Meerkat asked guilelessly.