"I don't think anyone here would be able to stand up to your standards," she said, and it was good-natured. Really! "Besides, Antiva does seem to have much better coffee beans than the other places we've been to." Or so says Lucanis. And Neve. So she'd take their words for it.
No sooner did Bellara go for her notes that Lucanis suddenly...dropped? And she just about shot up three feet in the air. "Lucanis!"
Well, now she'd done it. She'd killed Lucanis. Rook - wherever she was - was going to kill her. One more experiment she just had to do and--
Oh, wait, no. He was alive. Bellara dropped both pen and paper and immediately knelt down, hands a flurry in distress. "Lucanis, oh no. Are you okay? What happened, is it poison? Do I need to get a doctor?" She looked up at the Tavernkeeper who was completely calm and implacable. "Hey, is he hurt? What did you do?!"
laughing still about this subject line
No sooner did Bellara go for her notes that Lucanis suddenly...dropped? And she just about shot up three feet in the air. "Lucanis!"
Well, now she'd done it. She'd killed Lucanis. Rook - wherever she was - was going to kill her. One more experiment she just had to do and--
Oh, wait, no. He was alive. Bellara dropped both pen and paper and immediately knelt down, hands a flurry in distress. "Lucanis, oh no. Are you okay? What happened, is it poison? Do I need to get a doctor?" She looked up at the Tavernkeeper who was completely calm and implacable. "Hey, is he hurt? What did you do?!"