We're all fine here, and my new OTP
We’re all fine here. For the first time since 1995, we did not lose power during a major weather event. Thank you for the good wishes.
Because I could not resist and I now ship Peter and a camel.
( Peter had a love-hate relationship with camels )
Later...
"How was Marrakech?" Edmund asked as he watched his brother unpacking his suitcase.
"A lot like Tashbaan, actually." He lifted a shirt from the top of the stack and after taking a step back, shook it to and fro. A cloud of golden dust soared around him before the granules of sand fell to the wooden floor. "It was hot, colourful, and smelled of sun and spices."
"Another similarity between Here and There, I suppose."
Peter paused briefly and set the shirt aside. "Yes, very much so. The Lion's paw reaches everywhere, not just in England. I heartily recommend a visit should the opportunity arise."
"A Calormen that is not, and without Taarkans and Tisrocs following our movements about the city," Edmund said, a small smile forming on his lips. "Are you certain it was not duller than Tashbaan, brother? Marrakech must have been less exciting with its lack of political intrigue and no courtly poetry and maxims being spouted at every corner ( ... )
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“Eustace has to present his paper to his committee and Mary needs to settle the remainder of Richard’s estate. After that, they are not in agreement,” Peter said with a shrug. “I do not much care, so long as there are no camels.”
“There was talk of the Kenya colony?” Edmund asked. “Wasn’t Richard’s other wife Kikuyu? I remember Mary saying something about owing his family a visit?”
“If my irresistible attraction to even-toed ungulates persists, I may avoid the Great Rift Valley, and I don’t if there are sufficient reptilian remains in West Africa to entice Eustace unless they can work in a trip to Tendaguru.”
Peter would never mock Mary over the pervasive invasiveness of sand again. It was everywhere. Standing over a dustbin, he shook out a dusty boot. No scorpions, at least. “Sorry,” he said, as Edmund coughed again ( ... )
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Later, the others begin to notice Eustace's strategic deployment of archeological topics to manage Mary's mood and attention, and come to the conclusion that perhaps he has learned something about human interaction after all.
In particular, he has learned to be sparing and precise about the deployment of conversations on the topic of hips. Richard would be proud.
-H
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-H
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Marry me. Oh wait a minute, I perceive some impediments. Never mind. Better yet, come out here and clean my laptop of the Diet Coke I just spit up when I read that. And if we throw Peter into the mix, I suppose it becomes an unrequited love quadrilateral? I think maybe I'll stick to swamp boats, alligators, and camels. Maybe prong-horned antelope develop a similar affection for Peter.
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BTW, hippos are also even-toed ungulates. Far more comedic potential than antelopes.
-H
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