Chapter 2:
A Giant Problem
Erica turned her back and leaned against the door, looking at the other girls in the living room.
“Now! Where were we?”
“I believe we were cornering Nina to find out why she has held back from having sex with our master.” Ophelia said.
The Gigas gave an indignant huff.
“Look, it’s no big deal. I’ve just never actually had sex so…” The giant shrugged.
“Wait, what about… what about Marcus?” Milly asked as she loomed over the recliner, massaging Ophelia’s shoulders.
“He never saw me that way, even when I thought I wanted him to.”
“So you are a virgin …” Erica purred.
The Katje sat down beside her on the loveseat and draped her arms over Nina’s shoulders and all but wrapped herself around the tiny Gigas.
“N-no, that isn’t what I said.” The suddenly nervous girl stammered, her head tilting away from the Katje’s predatory grin.
“Oh, so you’ve been with girls?” Milly asked as she rubbed a knot out of Ophelia’s neck and the Flutterby moaned slightly.
Nina was silent.
“ Have you been with other girls before dearheart?”
Ophelia’s eyes were hooded at the pleasure of Milly’s touch.
Nina looked extremely uncomfortable, especially as the purring Katje began to groom her hair, after several licks worth of silence, the Katje spoke again.
“So if you’ve never been with a man, and you’ve never been with a woman… have you ever had an orgasm before?”
“No, but that doesn’t mean anything!”
Erica slowly, almost reverently, shook her head as she considered the implications and licked her lips.
“Oh my sweet little girl, you are in for a treat!”
“I am not little ! I am Gigas ! And I am the mountain!” Nina snapped, annoyed by the cat girl’s smug attitude.
The cottage went silent.
Erica had stopped purring, worried that she had offended her newest sister. Ophelia broke away from Milly’s embrace and settled in front of the giant while the Katja reluctantly released her.
“Nina, you are strong, you are mighty… out there.” She pointed one finger at the door; “But in here, you don’t have to be, when we get into the lowlands, into the wilds, you can protect all of us. But in here with your bond-sisters you can be soft, you can be weak…” She leaned in and kissed the tiny girl’s bow-like lips.
Erica’s hands returned to Nina’s shoulders as Ophelia’s tender kiss lingered.
“Being a virgin is nothing to be ashamed of Nina, believe me! I know all about being ashamed. I am a whor… no… I was a sex-slave. I wish I could be a virgin again, to give my first time to our master and my bond-sisters. You are really lucky! Please, let us help you with this; let us give you your first orgasm!”
Nina relaxed somewhat under Ophelia and Erica’s sincere words, her rigid posture loosening as the pair continued to run their hands over her body. A slight gasp escaped her lips and the flush of her face lessened, until the Katje’s ran her rough tongue over her cheek.
“Ah! Your tongue, why is it so rough suddenly?”
Erica chuckled as she licked her cheek several more times while Ophelia leaned back to give her better access.
“Will you be soft for us Nina? Will you be soft for your sisters so that they can pleasure you?” Ophelia whispered, her violet gaze locking the Gigas’s red eyes in place.
Nina almost looked frightened, which was a bizarre sight on the powerful monster.
“You’re going to p-pleasure me?”
“Until you beg us to stop? Yeah, anytime lover. We are bond-sisters, we are lovers, and we are friends.”
Erica nuzzled into her neck from the side.
“Friends?”
Nina’s tone was skeptical.
“Of course. Did you think our man was the only one?” Ophelia quirked an eyebrow.
The giant didn’t answer, clearly she had.
“Oh lover, we are your friends, now do your friends a favour?” Erica’s gentle tone took on a commanding edge; “Strip. Lie down. And spread your legs.”
Nina hesitated for a moment before she slipped off of the loveseat and stood, her knees actually wobbled a bit. When she didn’t immediately comply with Erica’s command to strip, the Katje pulled her shorts down for her.
“Nina, you aren’t wearing any underwear!” Ophelia exclaimed.
The girl’s puffy lips were naked to the sight of her bond-sisters.
“N-no, I don’t own any.” She blushed.
“Neither do I, we can get you some though, if you want.” Milly offered from the recliner.
She had taken Ophelia’s seat to watch the more experienced pair deal with the sensitive Gigas, her eyes searching over the halfway naked girl’s body.
“Yeah lover, a dainty pair of panties would look super sexy on you! Ooh maybe a tight little black thong!” Erica enthused, still nuzzling her face into Nina’s neck as she traced her hands down her trembling thighs.
“I don’t-ah- I don’t do dainty!” She tried to complain, but Ophelia lightly drew her middle finger over her slit and caused her to gasp.
“Perhaps not, but I’m sure our master would like to see this sexy side of you…” Ophelia hinted with a warm smile.
Nina’s red skin darkened again and she bit her lip, conflicted.
“Well, anyways, lie down, because your pussy looks delicious!” Erica urged impatiently.
But before Nina could move, Ophelia tugged on her shirt until the Gigas raised her arms so that the older girl could pull the fabric off over her head, bringing her small breasts into view. Her tiny nipples were almost the same dark shade of red as her hair.
Now completely naked, she hopped back onto the couch, her legs shakier than ever as Ophelia and Erica ran their hands over her, massaging and stroking her thighs, waist and chest.
The Flutterby leaned over her and pressed their lips together again, and this time the Gigas returned the kiss. Meanwhile Erica slipped down in front of the love seat, her hands resting on Nina’s knees…
And promptly discovered that she was nowhere near strong enough to pull them apart.
“Um, Nina, spread your legs?”
She was thrown a bit by her inability to simply part the girl’s thighs.
And I thought Milly was strong!
Nina’s tongue was now being sucked into Ophelia’s mouth, and her flat tummy heaved revealing the bottom of her ribs as she all but panted into the Flutterby’s kiss. Her legs slowly parted.
Having composed herself, Erica started at her ankles and began to kiss her way up her calves, then her thighs. Nina’s kiss with Ophelia intensified as the girl let out a tiny moan. Some of the Flutterby’s fingers had found Nina’s tiny breast and were kneading it firmly, gradually working her way to the erect nipple before giving the tiny bud a hearty pinch. The Gigas gave a squeak of pleasure.
Ophelia had picked up on Nina’s need for a firm hand.
Thoroughly enjoying the show, Milly had one hand gripping her own breast under her shirt while she slipped the other into her unbuttoned shorts and began to slowly work over her clit.
Erica’s mouth had reached and then passed Nina’s wet nether lips, instead the kitty placed sucking kisses on her naval, licking upwards long enough to claim her other breast, sucking and nibbling at her sensitive nipple.
“Ah! Cat! Dammit!”
Nina broke off the kiss with Ophelia just long enough to curse at Erica’s boldness before Ophelia covered her mouth with her own again.
As she nipped at Nina’s tit, Erica’s hands stroked over her thighs, working their way towards her sex without ever going there. Nina squirmed underneath the caress of the gifted lovers, her pleasure mounting without either of them ever touching her moist pussy.
“Really dearheart, you’ve never had an orgasm? Never pleasured yourself?” Ophelia murmured, gliding her lips over Nina’s, their noses rubbing together.
Nina found herself unable to respond, so she just gave a jerky shake of her head.
“Then I think we should stop teasing you, Erica?”
Taking the older girl’s cue, Erica relinquished Nina’s breast from her mouth and drifted down between Nina’s legs and without preamble began to give her puffy labia quick licks ending at her hooded clit.
The giant’s squirming stopped as she nearly jumped out of her skin from the sudden foreign sensation. She gasped, and Ophelia took her face in her hands and looked into her wide eyes.
“Cherish this moment, dear. Erica is quite talented. Honestly, you couldn’t have picked a better first for this.”
Nina’s mouth formed an ‘oh’ as Erica began to alternate between long licks and sucking kisses to her tiny clit.
The Katje’s working tongue soon had the girl on the very edge, and she felt the pressure building inside her, but then she realized something was totally wrong about the situation. She let out the breath that she had been holding and took another to speak.
“No! Wait!”
“You’ve waited long enough, lover.” Erica briefly said before licking over the tiny girl’s pussy.
“No, please!” Nina gasped; “I-I want him… to be here!”
There was a pause from everyone, and then Milly abruptly pulled her hand out of her shorts and bolted to the door. There was a crash as she burst through and a squawk from Nameless on the porch.
“Milly what are you-”
Within a few seconds Milly had carried him inside, his feet dangling as she unceremoniously plopped him on the loveseat while Ophelia drifted back to give him room.
“She needs you to watch her, Master.” Milly said.
The panting Nina reached out one hand which he took with a nervous smile, the sight of the tiny naked girl alone would have been shocking, but add in the Katje’s face between her thighs…
Erica all but attacked her pussy again.
“I feel it! Oh damn, puny it’s so good!” Nina gasped out and nearly crushed his hand in hers.
She began to buck against Erica’s face. Unable to keep her still, the Katje merely gripped her thighs and latched onto her clit again with her sucking lips to move with her as she climaxed for the first time.
Not wanting to take away from Nina’ pleasure, Nameless bit down on the inside of his cheek to distract from the pain in his hand.
Nina whole body went rigid and her breathing halted entirely as Erica drew her cheeks together to apply incredible sucking force on her clit. The Gigas quivered and then let out her breath explosively as she moaned at the unbelievable pleasure Erica was giving her.
Even in her state she managed to clue in to the fact that she was hurting her bond-mate so her grip softened on his hand, though she didn’t release it as she writhed on the loveseat. Erica’s face was wet from her work on Nina’s little pussy, and she was far from finished, if anything her pace intensified as she kissed, licked, and sucked all over the Gigas’s smooth pussy to prolong and intensify her climax.
After a good half minute of this Nina slumped into the cushion, she was still trembling slightly, but the waves of ecstasy had finished washing over her. At last Erica let up the pressure, lifting her messy face from her sister’s privates.
“Oh dear.” Ophelia had a slight frown on her brow.
“What’s the matter?” Erica asked, as she began to clean Nina’s juices from her face with one paw.
“Well, when our mate had sex with you and Milly, that was a threesome, and when he had sex with me while you two helped, that was a foursome…”
“Soooo…” The Katje looked puzzled.
“Well, there is really no such thing as a ‘fivesome’ dearheart, so when our man takes dear Nina here and we all join in… I’m afraid that is called an orgy. My mother would be so ashamed.”
She looked genuinely remorseful as she placed a dainty hand on her cheek.
“Ophelia, lover… did you just make a joke ?” Erica’s mouth had formed a slight ‘oh’ even as Nina’s juices dripped off of her chin.
Before anyone could answer though Milly let out a deep moan of her own, apparently after dropping Nameless on the seat she had returned to playing with herself and was just now finding her release.
“That’s hot.” Nina mumbled.
“It really is.” Nameless agreed, his erection painfully obvious through his trousers.
Erica stood up and stretched.
“That was fun, you have a delicious little pussy, and I can’t wait to see our master put his dick in it.”
Ophelia shifted over beside Erica and planted several loving kisses all over her bond-sister’s wet face.
“I would very much like to see that as well, dearhearts.”
Milly could only groan her agreement, still recovering from her own quick orgasm.
Nameless gave Nina a long look, his muddy brown eyes searching for her red ones.
“Um, do you want to…”
He wasn’t sure how to finish.
Nina drew one hand down her body, tracing over her hollow naval before running one finger over her pussy, and giving him the most heated look she had ever given anyone.
She held up her wet finger facing him.
“What do you think?”
The other girls shared a quick laugh.
“So… bedroom?” Milly asked the room.
They took it in turns to look at each other, and then Nameless smiled.
“Bedroom.” He confirmed with a nod.
___________
“It’s so big.”
The tiny giant marveled at the sight of Nameless’s erect cock as she lay with her upper body propped on her elbows, eager to see what all the fuss was about.
They were all on the bed now, Ophelia and Milly were kneeling over Erica who was spread underneath them, the pair felt she deserved a reward for what she had done for Nina.
“Well, it’s above average anyways.”
The other girls gave Erica shocked looks and the Katje’s sat upright with her hands shooting over her mouth as she realized what she had just said.
“Ah! I mean! It’s the biggest cock I have ever seen!”
Nameless couldn’t help but laugh at her lame recovery.
“It’s okay baby, I’m not a big guy so having a big penis would be weird.”
“Our master doesn’t have an ego about such things.” Ophelia murmured; “In fact, I don’t think our master has an ego at all.”
“We should give him one.” Milly announced with heat in her eyes as she licked her lips.
“Are you gunna fuck me now or what?” Nina groused.
Nameless laughed again, nervously this time as he positioned himself between Nina’s knees, his erection hovering over her slit. He leaned in and kissed her, having to hunch down to match her diminutive height, their shared passion growing by the second.
The sight of her getting off from Erica’s working tongue had aroused him greatly and he was eager for them to finally have their first time together, though he quickly realized that her size was an issue: he was short, but he still towered over her three feet.
“Okay weakling, seriously, it’s time to fuck me.”
He agreed immediately, pulling her thighs towards him to better position her. As he fumbled with trying to get the angle right, Erica threw a pillow at him.
“Under her ass, raise her pussy up for you. Honestly Master, do I need to do everything today?” She mocked gently before letting out a meow as Ophelia and Milly pushed her back down onto the mattress.
Nina raised her hips for him to slide the pillow under her and with the height difference now made up for, he nudged his cock at her slit, then again, and then yet again.
“We’re way past the teasing stage here puny.” She frowned up at him.
“S-Sorry, I’m trying.”
Nameless leaned back a bit, and then took his cock in one hand to better aim himself. He pressed the head directly against her moist labia and pushed as hard as he dared.
Her pussy remained unyielding.
Nameless was flustered at that point, and he shifted back onto his thighs.
“What’s the hold up?” She demanded, propping herself onto her elbows again.
Wordlessly he pressed his hand against her pussy, and tried to slip one finger inside her.
Only to discover that her inner muscles were clenched so tight he couldn’t get his finger in more than a quarter of an inch.
“Nina, you need to relax…”
She looked confused, then a bit annoyed.
“What the hell are you talking about? This is me relaxed!”
“No I mean, down there. You need to relax here.” He palmed her mound in demonstration.
Her confused look didn’t change.
“Let me see.” Erica sat up and broke away from Milly and Ophelia, shooing away his hand as she settled next to Nina.
After a few moments of pawing between the legs of an increasingly agitated Gigas, the Katje gave a low whistle.
“Wow, and I thought my pussy was tight!”
“Whatever, that’s a good thing right?” Nina huffed, embarrassed by all of the attention on her privates.
“Only if he can get inside you lover.”
Nina’s eyes narrowed.
“Don’t be stupid, he just needs to try harder!”
Erica rolled her eyes at the giant’s continued rudeness.
“Any harder and he would have broken his dick off!” She argued.
Nina sat up and crossed her arms over her chest, downright angry now. But Nameless interceded before things could get any more heated.
“Girls please! This isn’t helping!”
The tension in the room had mounted, and he didn’t like the emotions he was sensing from the girls heartstones: irritation, worry, sympathy.
Humiliation.
For a moment, through the annoyance, he could sense that Nina was humiliated.
“Nina? It’s okay. I’m sure if you just relaxed a bit more-”
“I already told you, I am relaxed!” Nina cut him off; “I have never been so relaxed in my fucking life! Can’t you people understand that?”
Angry tears rolled down her cheeks and she wiped them away before hopping out of the bed. The others reached towards her, worry in their voices.
“Wait! Don’t go dearheart, we can figure this out!” Ophelia called after her as she fled from the room.
Milly let out an emotional low as sympathetic tears slid down her own cheeks.
Nameless looked down at his dwindling erection, confused.
Erica crossed her arms and whined.
“Well this blows.”
___________
The following morning was a subdued one.
Nina had once again slept on one of the loveseats, despite their pleading with her to join them back in bed. The atmosphere was awkward and punctuated by stilted conversation.
“Nina… it’s okay.” Nameless tried yet again.
“Are you stupid? No it isn’t.” She snapped.
“I-I’m sorry.”
She swore.
“Again with the apologizing. Look, lots of people don’t get to have sex, it sucks but whatever, I’ll deal with it. Let’s just find Volka.”
Fortunately Miranda’s arrival provided a welcome distraction for the agitated group.
The grey haired and grey eyed woman met them at their porch flanked on either side by Jan and Kala while Jezebel clung to her back, being only slightly taller than Nina the Gripau looked like an odd rucksack.
“Morning kiddies. Who’s ready for an adventure?” The Aegis operative asked in a dry voice.
Her eyes narrowed though as the perceptive woman took in the mood of the group.
“Good morning Miranda, thank you for doing this for us.” Ophelia said politely into the ensuing silence.
Miranda took a long look at Nameless, who struggled to meet her eyes, then she snorted.
“Just following orders, no need to make a fuss.”
Jan laughed.
“Hey, if the butterfly lady with the nice tits wants to make a fuss, I’m all for it! Feel free to jump up and down for joy!”
Ophelia blushed prettily and Erica let out a low growl.
The Wolfen was incorrigible and her attitude managed to break through the dreary morning mood. The dour Nina actually gave a snort of laughter at her teasing.
“Where are Yana and the others?” Milly asked with a quick glance at the Gigas.
“She and her warriors wait on the edge of town. They didn’t want to make a spectacle.” Kala said.
The blonde Amazon carried a hefty pack that looked to contain everything her party could ever need.
Miranda shook her head.
“Four Aegis operatives and this whole clan? Don’t think we can avoid a spectacle at this point. We ran into Sadie on the way here, she and Xalanth are waiting at the farmer’s place to say goodbye, and I’m not big on making a Dragon wait, so if you lot can haul ass that would be great.”
At her words Nameless and the others leapt into action, quickly donning their traveling clothes and shouldering their prepared bags, they had one last cart-full of Minotaur milk, which they would leave with Paul before they set out.
Nameless took the opportunity to strap on the bracer that Paul had given him, then set each of the three heartstone into the indentations. True to Paul’s word none of the girls could remove any stone but their own, whereas Nameless could remove them all. It also turned out that he was the only one who could take the bracer off.
“Neat! Though couldn’t someone just chop your arm off” Jezebel said cluelessly.
More than one of them blanched at her question, though once again Nina found it hilarious.
Since the weather was nice Milly and Erica were wearing their normal clothes, their hardier gear stowed in their bags, though Milly had once more donned her shoes.
Ophelia looked… odd. Though she still wore an open backed crop-top to accommodate her wings, for the first time in Nameless’s memory she had eschewed her traditional flowing dresses for a pair of stretchy black pants.
He found that he rather liked what the tight fabric did to her tushy.
“Hey buddy, her eyes are up there.” Jan whispered in his ear causing him to nearly jump out of his skin.
The Wolfen had snuck up on him while he was admiring Ophelia’s assets and her laughter followed him as they left the cottage.
When the others set out across the field Miranda took Nameless by one arm and held him back at the edge of the porch while waving the rest of the group away, Jezebel now clinging to a flustered Milly’s back.
It was becoming increasingly clear that the frog girl didn’t do a lot of walking, instead clinging to those around her.
“We’ll catch up.” Miranda said gruffly before turning to him as the others reluctantly continued on; “Alright kid, spill it. What did you do?”
“N-Nothing.” He stammered.
Miranda was a force of nature when it came to this sort of thing and she wasn’t about to let it go.
“Bullshit ‘nothing’! You’d think we’d walked into a funeral this morning it was so bummed out in there!”
Nameless struggled with the embarrassment of the situation, and then realized that if anyone could answer his questions about monster girls it would be her.
“H-How much do you know about Gigas? Er- Gigases?”
She tilted her head.
“Some. And it’s Gigas, what’s the problem?”
“It’s, well, it’s Nina…”
Miranda rolled her eyes and nodded.
“Since she’s the only Gigas you’ve ever met, I’d figured that much out already. What. Did. You. Do?”
Nameless swallowed; in the few days that she had been gone he’d forgotten how intimidating she could be.
“We-we tried last night. S-sex I mean.”
Miranda softened a bit, her expression shifting to concern.
“Tried?”
Remembering the feeling of humiliation that Nina had felt, Nameless mustered his courage and explained the problem to the older woman, blushing furiously the whole time.
“Well, I’ll admit, I’ve never heard that one before.” Miranda sighed; “Sorry kid, this time I don’t have an answer for you, since this is purely a… ah, mechanical problem. You two will just have to figure this out on your own. But you said she was embarrassed?”
Nameless nodded.
“She was humiliated, and ashamed? I want to comfort her but when I try she gets angry with me.”
Miranda was nodding.
“She is a warrior kid, amongst the very strongest, so long as she has her hammer of course. And warriors are proud Nameless! You think Kala lets me be on top?” He blushed again at the mention of her sex life; “I’ve never bedded a Gigas so I can’t help with that, but every breed has their quirks and kinks, as you’ve no doubt discovered.”
He gave a weak laugh.
“My advice? Stop trying to comfort her, and start trying to talk with her. Suss out the problem and fix it. Be direct, which as I recall is the same advice I gave you about Milly not too long ago.”
He nodded earnestly, remembering how her advice had helped with their budding relationship.
“We should catch up with the others.” He said.
“In a minute.”
He didn’t bother hiding his puzzled expression as she undid the top button of her uniform and removed an ornate necklace with a blue stone nestled in it, or when she pulled up the hem of one leg of her pants to reveal a silver anklet with a yellow-green stone likewise mounted in it.
They were a match for Kala and Jezebel’s eyes.
“My girls were hanging on to these for me while Jan and I were hunting your cat. Go ahead, give them a fondle.”
“Huh?”
Once again she rolled her eyes.
“Even with Sadie helping you’re still a bonehead. If you hadn’t touched Jan’s heartstone in the bathhouse me, her and Erica would probably all be dead right now. So I figure just in case you know?”
He finally clued in and awkwardly touched both of the stones, doing his best to fight down the wave of unfamiliar emotions that came from them as he did.
“You wanna fuck me yet?” Miranda asked with a smirk.
“No!”
“Huh, I must be losing my touch with the ladies.”
He groaned.
“I thought Jan was the one who did the teasing.”
“She’s rubbing off on me, something you’ll never get to do, now let’s get going.”
She turned from his stunned expression with a smirk and the pair quickly caught up with the others.
Shortly thereafter they all arrived at Paul’s and found Sadie and Xalanth waiting.
“Good morning my friends.” Sadie said with a warm smile.
“Lady Essig. Xalanth.” Miranda nodded; “You two heading out now?”
Xalanth shook her head, her arms crossed over her chest.
“Not as yet, we wait on Goodman Fletcher who is tending to his flock. I would have words with him.”
Nameless’s eyes widened, he couldn’t tell if that was a good thing or not…
They spent several minutes in the drive making small talk and saying their goodbyes while Xalanth waited for Paul’s return. Eventually the old man and his Cockatrices emerged from his barley field. The man stopped whistling at the sight of the eclectic group.
“Well this is a sight! Aegis, good to see you! Shoulder healed up?”
“Yeah, Minotaur milk and Dryad magic, pretty potent mix...”
Miranda’s voice trailed off as Xalanth huffed out some smoke and approached Paul and his girls. The huddled Cockatrices squawked in fear, which drew her attention.
Her powerful green eyes turned and took in the sight of them.
“Flighty daughters of snake and stone, you need not fear my wrath, you are as innocent as when your kind first emerged from the aether.” Her penetrating gaze shifted to Paul as she addressed him; “Goodman Fletcher, my lady has told me that you have loved and sheltered these girls for many years, protecting them from a harsh world while gaining nothing in return. This deed makes you a worthy man, as does the aid you have provided to the young Empath and his bond-mates.”
Paul waited with a puzzled expression at the sudden praise. Xalanth looked back at Sadie who smiled at her and nodded before the Dragon continued.
“But it is the hospitality and friendship that you have shown my world-weary lady that has earned you my gratitude. Though her powers remain diminished, her spirit is much restored, as she has shown me repeatedly since yesterday.” Sadie’s smile widened, her cheeks pink at the Dragon’s wry words; “I believe your company had no small hand in her recovery, and so I have a gift for you.”
Her eyes closed and she drew herself up before him, her wings unfurled and her armoured breasts swelled as she pulled in a deep breath.
Paul looked more than a little nervous… until she breathed fire on him.
Then he looked utterly terrified.
Her breath was a warm cascade of gentle orange flames that swept his wispy hair back. His eyes all but bugged out of his head as her fire continued to flow over him for two very long minutes.
His poor Cockatrices looked ready to fight a dragon to save him but fortunately the flames ended before they had mustered the nerve.
When the power around him finally dissipated, Paul stood rigid for several seconds before he managed to choke out a question.
“Wha- what did you just do to me?”
Xalanth offered a rare smile.
“You will discover soon enough, I think. I bid you farewell... Drakkan-freend .”
With that she took Sadie in her arms and without delay took to the sky with a mighty leap.
“Are you alright?” Milly asked him once the dust had settled from Xalanth’s abrupt takeoff.
Paul looked stunned, and his Cockatrices swarmed around him protectively. It took him a few minutes to shake away his stupor.
His eyes still wide, he turned to the concerned Minotaur.
“I-I’m fine. I’m fine?” His tone was unsure as he began a self check.
“A Dragon just gave him a gift and called him friend. Let’s give him a minute.” Miranda murmured.
They stuck around for five minutes or so, waiting until Paul had regained his composure. At last he all but shooed them out of his driveway.
“I tell you I’m fine! You got a lot of walking ahead of you, and it’s rude to keep the Amazons waiting, now git!”
As they hurried down his drive he watched them leave with a slight frown, then he looked to his hands for a long moment, still wondering at Xalanth’s mysterious parting gift.