“What do you think, Browning?” She twirled the blade. “Should I try it? Maybe it’ll surprise us, and I’ll have some wonderful power that I never could have guessed!” The toad croaked loudly, and she swore it sounded like, “Or you’ll get a stomach ache.” Blinking, she looked down at her familiar in shock. “Did you just talk?” The strange sound he made was definitely not talking. But she heard him in her head. “No.” She frowned. “There you went again. You talked.” Browning struggled to sit up in his sling, then eventually gave up. Falling onto his back again, he then placed his webbed hands
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