CAT STARTED TO LAUGH. Not only was it completely disconcerting to be talking to a dragon in the living room, but knowing that it was Mai, a proper 19th century Chinese girl who was saying 'sexy', was totally out of the realm of something that happened. Cat knew they'd finally left reality and entered into bizarro world. Vanessa had mentioned she'd been teaching her how to speak 'modern', but it still threw her off.
Mai started laughing too, a big booming sound like thunder in her dragon form. Everything was so unreal and amazing. The other two girls joined in, but after a few minutes the laughter died down. Mai turned back into her human shape and they all sat down at the table. It was difficult to follow conversation for the next few minutes due to all the excited questions and frequent
