A small feast was spread out in front of me despite the fact that there were only two of us here to eat it. I supposed that didn"t matter in Duat. No one would go hungry and none of this would go to waste.
Even so, it seemed a little excessive.
I tore off a piece of chicken and offered it to Lapis under the table. He took it greedily and chomped down on it. I couldn"t see because of the table, but I could imagine just how fast his tail was already going at the thought of having more.
"You realise that he"s going to start begging if you do that?" Aken asked.
I let out a bemused laugh. "As if he doesn"t already. You know what they say about how hard it is to teach old dogs new tricks? Well, that"s especially true for dogs who are several thousand years old."
He smiled. "I can see how th
