“She steeled herself for a serious shock of cold- but the reality was a thousand times more miserable.
“Aw, those little shrieking sounds you’re making are super adorable,” Keefe told her. “Ready to punch me yet?”
“S-splashing y-you s-sounds b-better,” she said through chattering teeth.
“I suppose. But we both know I’ll splash you back- and then you’ll retaliate, because you may look all sweet and innocent, but you have a feisty streak. And then it’ll be an ice-water war, and Elwin will ban me from the Healing Center and you’ll be lost without my visits, and Id rather not make you suffer like that.”
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Shannon Messenger,
Flashback