[It's two weeks longer than we might have had, my dear. And you're right; any sensible person wouldn't want to fight. But that's why armies are full of the senseless and those without a choice.]
Really, he disapproves of this whole business in its entirety and it shows; his ears droop, his eyes are cast to the ground although that might be to study the rather interesting centipede crawling by in front of him.
That, he knows, is the occupational hazard of this form. Dogs are easily distracted where cats can be purposeful and brilliant for hours.
[Shall we go home and let His Highness know his time is limited?]
There's the small matter of retrieving the seven-league boots, of course, but he can manage that readily enough.
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Date: 2007-08-07 06:15 am (UTC)Really, he disapproves of this whole business in its entirety and it shows; his ears droop, his eyes are cast to the ground although that might be to study the rather interesting centipede crawling by in front of him.
That, he knows, is the occupational hazard of this form. Dogs are easily distracted where cats can be purposeful and brilliant for hours.
[Shall we go home and let His Highness know his time is limited?]
There's the small matter of retrieving the seven-league boots, of course, but he can manage that readily enough.