It had been a funnight, with parties and drinking, but a little thing like an evening full of alcohol couldn't stop her from bounding out of bed
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Flailing and laughing at the same time tended to hurt one's sides, Karla now discovered. "It is tasteful!" she said. "And not dirty! But also not that involved! There's some swearing and usually a feast when the Queen first creates her Court, but that's it. All Rings are put on by their respective owners at a later time."
"Well, your brain is made of wro--did you just say upstairs brain?" Karla asked, momentarily confused. "What would be your down--Hell's fire, Mother Night and may the Darkness be merciful!"
Karla was now laughing so hard she was crying. And hiccuping. "I don't quite know how this conversation got here and I definitely don't want to know where it's going."
Karla was going to give the poor boy jewelry-phobia in a few months. Soon he wouldn't be able to see a piece of jewelry without having some kind of Karla-induced panic attack.
"You should be so lucky!" Karla snickered, flinging another pillow at him. "But no, it is not a ring."
She was tempted to say 'or a bracelet, either' but decided to be nice. Even if he was bring a brat.
"I should keep this for myself," she announced, tossing an envelope his way.
"Karla?"
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Beat. Blushing.
"NOT DIRTY."
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Beat.
"I think."
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She made retching noises, then flung the pillow at Ben's head. "These were thoughts I was perfectly happy never thinking of, you know!"
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Karla was now laughing so hard she was crying. And hiccuping. "I don't quite know how this conversation got here and I definitely don't want to know where it's going."
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Bastions of maturity here.
"Just for that, I might not give you your Windsol gift!" she threatened.
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"You should be so lucky!" Karla snickered, flinging another pillow at him. "But no, it is not a ring."
She was tempted to say 'or a bracelet, either' but decided to be nice. Even if he was bring a brat.
"I should keep this for myself," she announced, tossing an envelope his way.
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