Yes, this would do nicely. Ripples troubled the surface. An enormous triangular fin with long spikes carved the water like a knife, speeding toward us. “The inn is my domain,” I said. “Here, I am supreme. If you keep making yourself into a nuisance, I’ll banish you to that ocean and leave you in there overnight.” The fin was barely twenty-five yards away. Twenty. Fifteen. A glistening blue hide rose out of the water. The wall rebuilt itself just before an enormous mouth studded with dagger teeth thrust out of the ocean. Caldenia descended the stairs. “Ooh. Bondage so early in the morning,
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