(I was going by the "meow meow I'm a cat." Apologies if I got it wrong. It's so hard to tell who's who on these dark rainy nights.)
"Perhaps an hour," Selah countered. "Apologies, beloved. I was busy catching us some dinner."
Ginal planted her fists on her hips. "We're not camping out in the woods, darling. Gridania is a civilized place, where you can buy dinner with gil. Unless..." Her eyes narrowed.
Selah sighed. "It seemed like a safe bet, and the odds were good. But Dinornis stepped in a ground squirrel hole and twisted his leg, so the other bird won. Normally not a problem -- I could whomp up some silver doo-dads and have several thousand gil by morning. But we had a dinner date, and you were waiting, so I went with the fish. You do like Grilled Raincaller, right?"
"You're impossible!" said Ginal. Her tone was severe, but she looked away to hide a laugh.
"Who are your friends?" Selah's glance indicated the two women at the table. "And what are those thingummies you're looking at?"
"Perhaps an hour," Selah countered. "Apologies, beloved. I was busy catching us some dinner."
Ginal planted her fists on her hips. "We're not camping out in the woods, darling. Gridania is a civilized place, where you can buy dinner with gil. Unless..." Her eyes narrowed.
Selah sighed. "It seemed like a safe bet, and the odds were good. But Dinornis stepped in a ground squirrel hole and twisted his leg, so the other bird won. Normally not a problem -- I could whomp up some silver doo-dads and have several thousand gil by morning. But we had a dinner date, and you were waiting, so I went with the fish. You do like Grilled Raincaller, right?"
"You're impossible!" said Ginal. Her tone was severe, but she looked away to hide a laugh.
"Who are your friends?" Selah's glance indicated the two women at the table. "And what are those thingummies you're looking at?"