A chain of associations in the car tonight got me from CVS, to Naomi Novik's Temeraire series, to Steven Brust, to Vlad and Loiosh, to the following mental picture which I feel I must share with you all:
TEMERAIRE
(tilting his head to one side)
May I eat him, Laurence?
(I think Temeraire is more likely to say "May I" than "Can I," don't you
(
Read more... )