He swivelled his head to face her, their faces a breath apart. “Do you mind?” She blushed, drawing back quickly. “Sorry.” He spoke again as she was applying the bandages. “Apparently I’m being gifted a chimaera.” “Gifted?” The casual way he said it made it sound like he’d been given an unwanted house pet rather than a rabid monster that had a tendency towards decomposing while still alive.
Ugh this whole part made me LOL
