The Lying, Thieving, Perverted Immortal

"I suppose that there's no reason why a lying, thieving pervert shouldn't be immortal, any more than anyone else," Fred said.

"Great! Now I can't even kill the bastard," Alexis said bitterly.

"Er, would somebody kindly cut this wooden sword out of my chest," Robert said. "I feel rather silly with a foot of sword sticking out of me."

"No," Fred said. "You should have thought of that before. You've made your bed and you can lie in it. Though only on your back from now on, it would seem. Besides, we don't have a knife with which to cut the sword out. If we had, then Alexis would have stabbed you with that instead."

1. Robert insists that, in that case, they must pull the sword out, difficult though that will be now that his flesh has healed around it.
2. Astra wants to hear the story of how Robert became immortal.
3. Robert reflects that at least he has succeeded in distracting Astra and Alexis from removing their shirts from the sail and putting them back on.

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