Blackbeak Bluff lluvia

slavuj gave an exaggerated bow as she clapped, flow of tassels adding flourish.

her offer - he was bold enough to assume she'd give companionship of a specific kind. it elated him, but he knew best his own tastes, and that there was something very specific that would most please him.

for a moment the komondor sat, straight, inspecting her trough one crack-opened eye, miming cold scrutiny.

next he closed both and shrugged. "fine wi' me."

then dropped down in a playpose, smile and tailwags, boyish excitement unbidden. "bat. deal: ief ai make this mermaid wish tchu forgo th' sea, she'll tchell mi ouf herself."

his glimmering gaze said; truth, lie, tale, the story matters less than the storyteller.