“Well you two certainly took your sweet time getting me out,” Barlo grumbled as he put his axes back into their familiar places on his belt.
“I thought it might be a good idea to give you some time to cool off,” Iarion said without a trace of remorse. “I saw the man you attacked. How did you manage to reach his face? He was at least a foot and a half taller than you.”
Barlo flushed. “I may have, ah, struck him in the groin first. He doubled over.”
“I see. And just to be clear, this was a man who was entertaining children?”
“Look, can we just drop it? It wasn’t exactly a high point for me.”
“I’m glad you can see that,” Iarion said.
“Maybe we can forget to mention this to Narilga?” Barlo said with a hopeful look.
Iarion sighed and rolled his eyes heavenward. “Why do these trips always
