Velus's jest

"Oh, shut up you mutt," said Fred bluntly.

"Don't call me mutt!"

"Oh? And just what are you gonna do? Pee on me?"

"You know, I've got half a mind to..."

"Quiet!" interrupted Astra. "Both of you!"

Fred and Velus both gazed astounded at her. Had Astra fooled them into thinking she was nice? Astra tried to sweeten her voice.

"Fred, would you be so kind as to apologize to Velus?"

"What?" said Fred. "Me? Apologize? But it was he who..."

"Fred, in case you haven't realized, you're scaring away the one person who can get you out of your chains."

Fred stared at her for quite a while. "I wonder what's going through his head?" thought Astra.

Suddenly, Fred turned to Velus. He seemed to be thinking some more. Then he made up his mind, sighed, and lowered his head. "I'm sorry, Velus. I guess I'm just... too stupid for all of this. What can I do to make you up for it?"

"Well, you can start by not calling me 'mutt', you di..."

"Velus!"

"What? He asked!"

"It takes a lot to get a man to his knees to apologize. It takes even more to get a Lord to acknowledge to a simple farmboy that he has wronged him. You could at lest take it seriously!"

"But he really is a di..."

"That means no name-calling!"

Velus also lowered his head. "Yes ma'am."

"Now, if you could please pick up Fred's sword."

"Why?"

"It is clear we only have one choice left:

1. "Velus, you must slay the dragon"
2. "Velus, you must go back to the Wizard of Kamiro"
3. "Velus, you must find someone even more powerful than the Wizard of Kamiro"

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