He continued over my shoulder, curling around my neck and tickling my skin as he made his way to the top of my head, using my braid to put himself there. He curled up in a circle on top of it, seeming quite cozy as Caldris stared at me. “Problem?” I asked. “That’s hardly sanitary. You never know what he’s crawled through,” Caldris said. “Snakes don’t crawl,” I returned, pretending that I hadn’t just wondered if they had necks. “Besides, I never know where you’ve been, and somehow I still like you.” “Ouch,” Caldris said with a laugh that defied the circumstances surrounding us. “I haven’t been
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