The King looked at Gareth with eyes reproachfully wide. "Never?" he asked, and Gareth sighed.
"She never asks," Gareth said, producing another two candies from his pocket so they could each have one. The King pushed Gareth's hand toward Ren so she could have both.
"He only gives me candy half the time," he said, "when he's being a prude." He prodded at Gareth's ribs with a sharp nail. Then he tapped his fingertips along his jaw, looking at them both. "The outfits," he said admiringly. "You're a set! I love it. But she's so small. I didn't notice before, because you were both small, but this one really is a nibble of a thing. How do you even fit?"
Gareth rubbed at his face. He knew it. He fucking knew that he knew. He'd smelled it on them, of course he had.
The tip of the King's tongue briefly emerged from between his teeth before he remembered that wasn't how he worked. He inhaled instead, prodigious and aquiline nose catching the scent of her on the air. "You're all over her," he marveled. "Not that that's saying much, considering…" He made some vague size-related gestures. "Gareth, that's terrible," he said, pulling on Gareth's wrist to try and see his face. "You're supposed to know better, you know, I'll take her away from you if you can't control yourself."
"Avi, please," Gareth muttered, muffled by his own hand, which the King wasn't actually moving. He tended to err on the side of too-gentle after a few incidents with bruising, which had followed a few incidents of limb-rending.
"You don't deserve her," the King decided, emboldened by Gareth's protestations. "I'll put her in the tallest tower—no, that's the one my cart's going on. The second tallest tower! The second tallest tower, and I'll have them make posters for all around the kingdom about the fair maiden, and there will be a grand party and all the Knights of the realm will fight for her favor—"
"Your Majesty," Gareth said, dragging his hand down his face, "you're getting ahead of yourself again."
"Knights love to save damsels!" the King protested, exhaling smoke through his nose. "It's the law!"
"That's not the law."
"I'll make it the law!"
"Your Majesty," Gareth said, "don't you have a meeting with a prospective Duke today?" The faster he got Ren away from the King's imagination, the better. Particularly looking as sullen as she was.
"No," the King scowled, hands on his hips. "That was yesterday and not only was the man not interested in me but he brought a girl and she was a hatchling and he wouldn't shut up about how she was a virgin, which was gross, so I ate him. And there wasn't anyone to bring me candy afterward! Just a girl. I'm running out of room for all these hatchlings. I think I'm going to conquer Crithe."
"I don't think that will solve the problem."
"That's what Grilka keeps saying, but I've seen their castle and it's very large and it could fit a lot of hatchlings in it. All I have to do is eat their King, and that won't be difficult. Though he does look old, and stringy, and I don't care for that. I'll put the hatchlings in the castle and I'll put Ren Boldheart in the tallest tower and—"
"Your Majesty."
"She never asks," Gareth said, producing another two candies from his pocket so they could each have one. The King pushed Gareth's hand toward Ren so she could have both.
"He only gives me candy half the time," he said, "when he's being a prude." He prodded at Gareth's ribs with a sharp nail. Then he tapped his fingertips along his jaw, looking at them both. "The outfits," he said admiringly. "You're a set! I love it. But she's so small. I didn't notice before, because you were both small, but this one really is a nibble of a thing. How do you even fit?"
Gareth rubbed at his face. He knew it. He fucking knew that he knew. He'd smelled it on them, of course he had.
The tip of the King's tongue briefly emerged from between his teeth before he remembered that wasn't how he worked. He inhaled instead, prodigious and aquiline nose catching the scent of her on the air. "You're all over her," he marveled. "Not that that's saying much, considering…" He made some vague size-related gestures. "Gareth, that's terrible," he said, pulling on Gareth's wrist to try and see his face. "You're supposed to know better, you know, I'll take her away from you if you can't control yourself."
"Avi, please," Gareth muttered, muffled by his own hand, which the King wasn't actually moving. He tended to err on the side of too-gentle after a few incidents with bruising, which had followed a few incidents of limb-rending.
"You don't deserve her," the King decided, emboldened by Gareth's protestations. "I'll put her in the tallest tower—no, that's the one my cart's going on. The second tallest tower! The second tallest tower, and I'll have them make posters for all around the kingdom about the fair maiden, and there will be a grand party and all the Knights of the realm will fight for her favor—"
"Your Majesty," Gareth said, dragging his hand down his face, "you're getting ahead of yourself again."
"Knights love to save damsels!" the King protested, exhaling smoke through his nose. "It's the law!"
"That's not the law."
"I'll make it the law!"
"Your Majesty," Gareth said, "don't you have a meeting with a prospective Duke today?" The faster he got Ren away from the King's imagination, the better. Particularly looking as sullen as she was.
"No," the King scowled, hands on his hips. "That was yesterday and not only was the man not interested in me but he brought a girl and she was a hatchling and he wouldn't shut up about how she was a virgin, which was gross, so I ate him. And there wasn't anyone to bring me candy afterward! Just a girl. I'm running out of room for all these hatchlings. I think I'm going to conquer Crithe."
"I don't think that will solve the problem."
"That's what Grilka keeps saying, but I've seen their castle and it's very large and it could fit a lot of hatchlings in it. All I have to do is eat their King, and that won't be difficult. Though he does look old, and stringy, and I don't care for that. I'll put the hatchlings in the castle and I'll put Ren Boldheart in the tallest tower and—"
"Your Majesty."
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