“I was a smuggler and I’ve still got way better jokes than that.” “You tell it a joke, then!” I held out the crucible containing the quicksilver, and Carrion huffed, peering at the roiling liquid metal. “All right. Fine. A husband turns to his wife one day and says, ‘Y’know, I bet you can’t think of something to tell me that will make me both happy and sad at the same time.’ The wife doesn’t even need to think about it. She turns to her husband and says, ‘Your cock is way bigger than your brother’s.’” The quicksilver, which hadn’t made a peep over my joke, started to chuckle. “What’s it
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