‘She has a drawing of Lei,’ said Valo, although right then it was himself who ‘had’ it. Maybe the butterfly didn’t like looking like a littl... girl being teased by a boy. However it was, she gave up on snatching back the sheet and stepped away from Valo. ‘Hello,’ she said to Brevila. Valo’s mate ignored the butterfly and went to Valo. Glancing back at the butterfly, to be sure she wouldn’t make a move for it, Valo showed his mate the drawing. Brevila looked, then stared, then started crying. ‘I. They left me with multiple vials of healing potions and promises to be back as soon as possible. Zevran looked like hell, and wouldn’t even make eye contact; I forced a hug, but he held himself stiffly, and I knew he was blaming himself. I had to hope that he’d feel better once he’d helped find us a healer. If not ... well, we’d deal with that problem when we came to it. No point in borrowing trouble, Sierra.I felt it the moment the ship docked in Wycome; we’d clearly made good time, because I. “Your feet… your armpits… your ass…” I trailed off.“MY ASS? You want to smell my ass?” She nearly screamed.“It doesn’t even smell bad!” I replied.“My fucking ass?” And with that she reached behind her and stuck her hand in her ass crack. Then she stuck her fingers to her nose and inhaled. “Gross!!” She yelled.She stuck her fingers in my face and said “You like this?”“Uhhh…yeah?” I said, not knowing if I was about to get dumped.She let out along exhale “Ok, we all have weird things about us and. Christmas morning we exchanged gifts. Kevin got a new laptop and miscellaneous clothing. Sam must have figured he needed a fresh wardrobe for school. I got a pair of house slippers, some ties, and a nice watch. Sam got a gold heart locket from Kevin that had his picture in it; I saw her tear up when she hugged him. From me she got a diamond tennis bracelet.I saved one present for last and handed it to her myself. Her eyes grew wide when she opened the box and held up the little red sequin.