The Curiously Stunted, Incomprehensibly Disjointed, Perfectly Inadequate Adventures of Nicholas Cornelius Holloway – Episode 33

“Dad was a hard-working ice dragon from the Old Country,” he said. “Mum comes from southern fire serpent noblesse.”

He balanced a tall stack of paper cups on one talon and inserted it into the dispenser.

“Mixed marriages were tough back then, and her family never really approved, but they made it work. Their love, you know…” He shook his head. “Nothing like it.”

“But it hasn’t made life easy, has it?” asked the reporter. “I mean the prejudices, the stereotypes.”

He nodded. “It’s not easy bein...