Help a Turtle Out

[ginsu_master]

"Right."

Leo is having a staring contest with the Front Door.

"Look, I need to get my brother Raph, in Tortall. So he can watch our other brother, Mikey, your Barman, give birth. ...I never said it made any sense."

Bowing at the waist, he asks, "Can you please help me?"

The door swings open...

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[becareful_boyo]

"'Course you do," the barmaid murmurs back, smiling. "I've always said you were smarter than y'look, boy-o."

She does say that a lot, when it suits. It's just that she also accuses him of having a head full of empty space when it better serves her purpose.

"And I suppose I've a powerful love for you too," she sighs, making it sound like she's just announced she has to leave the comfort of their bed to use the necessary.

[becareful_boyo]

"Oh, much too late for that," Abigail sighs, barely holding in a laugh.

And then, because sometimes he blushes all over his head and looks downright adorable, thank you very much, she turns her head to raise her eyebrows at him.

Get it, Raph?