“Is that safe?” I imagine the little people staggering around drunk. “They’re so small.” Kirian barks out a laugh. “Don’t let their size fool you. One thing I can say about gnomes is that they can handle their alcohol. They could drink all four of us under the table.” He gestures to Damon, Torius, and Kai. “It’s true,” Kai says. “I challenged one to a contest once. I’ll never do that again. The next day I woke up naked in a sprite forest seven miles away. I still don’t know what happened that night.”

