So the Elven Tavern was the hot new place to take a date. Elliot gave the matter deep thought, and then some more thought than it needed because he was very nervous. Finally he glanced across the library table at Serene, who was making a study chart like the babe she was, and mustered up the courage to ask: “Do you want to go to the Elven Tavern with me?” Serene looked up from her task, gray eyes like the dawn. “Absolutely,” she said. “What a good idea.” “Oh,” said Elliot, stunned by his good fortune. Maybe Serene had been trying to do things the human way, he thought, as he sometimes tried to
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