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lilfluff: "Anything based on any foolish questions you may have been asked about parenthood..."
Note: I thought you wanted a drabble, not a novella¦
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Most of the folk of the town knew both he, Maria, and their ever growing brood. So he felt absolutely no compunction to be polite when a stranger's voice asked, "Is that your child?"
Tez shifted his grip on Davin's legs. The brown skinned child with small horns growing out of his scalp looked at the stranger curiously from his perch on his father's shoulders. It was another elf speaking, of course, a maiden in a merchant's robes.
"No," he replied. "I decided to steal another couple's child off the street, and I've convinced the rest of the town to go along with it. Hence the lack of screaming and pursuit."
"That's not what I meant," the elf said.
"No," Tez interrupted. "What you meant was 'I wonder what business you have thinning out our race's blood copulating with animals.'"
"No," the maiden shot back hotly. "I was going ask whether your child is a free birth or not."
Tez blinked. "I'm sorry?"
She pointed to the collar around his neck. You âre owned. I wanted to make sure your child wasn't"
"I'm free," Davin popped in. "Daddy isn't, but he doesn't mind."
"No?"
"You'd have to meet Maria to understand."
lilfluff: "Anything based on any foolish questions you may have been asked about parenthood..."Note: I thought you wanted a drabble, not a novella¦
* * *
Most of the folk of the town knew both he, Maria, and their ever growing brood. So he felt absolutely no compunction to be polite when a stranger's voice asked, "Is that your child?"
Tez shifted his grip on Davin's legs. The brown skinned child with small horns growing out of his scalp looked at the stranger curiously from his perch on his father's shoulders. It was another elf speaking, of course, a maiden in a merchant's robes.
"No," he replied. "I decided to steal another couple's child off the street, and I've convinced the rest of the town to go along with it. Hence the lack of screaming and pursuit."
"That's not what I meant," the elf said.
"No," Tez interrupted. "What you meant was 'I wonder what business you have thinning out our race's blood copulating with animals.'"
"No," the maiden shot back hotly. "I was going ask whether your child is a free birth or not."
Tez blinked. "I'm sorry?"
She pointed to the collar around his neck. You âre owned. I wanted to make sure your child wasn't"
"I'm free," Davin popped in. "Daddy isn't, but he doesn't mind."
"No?"
"You'd have to meet Maria to understand."
