"I'm sure they'll learn soon enough," Oliver said. "Though I think you'll be disappointed by my plan. It's childish, something I realized was funny as I was talking to Nebular. I told him that I would be serving the High King this weekend, and though he looked surprised, he took it as though it was the most natural thing in the world, not realizing my irony."
Verdant came to a halt beside him. Casper quickly outpaced the man, as he walked with a lazy swagger, managing to keep his speed, whilst snuffling the air around him, searching for interesting scents. Verdant had to race to catch up with them again when he'd recovered. "Forgive me, my Lord… That was rather feminine of me."
A laugh met his words. "Well, if it got you to freeze in place, perhaps it has more worth as a joke than I thought."
