“I really am a bumbling, foolish human, aren’t I?” “Absolutely not,” Julius said, squatting down as well so he could look her in the face. “Listen to me, Marci. You are the cleverest person I know. What my mother said was wrong then and it’s wrong now. You’re not my human or my pet or anything like that. You’re my best friend and ally who tried everything she could think of to save me from a dragon hunter. That’s huge. Thanks to your quick thinking, we have time to plan. Now we just have to use it to figure out a way to break your curse.”
