âOh thank god,â Thomas says, laying his helmet down. âBecause I kept thinking on the climb up here that this was going to be a really awkward first meeting, and its stupid to expect you to fall in love with me just because I saved you.â
Lucinda gives him a surprised look. âYouâre rather weird. Usually I get guys that demand I fall in love with them because they âsavedâ me. Which by the way, you didnât actually do.â She jabs a thumb towards the direction of the dragon. âSheâs trained. I tell her to keep assholes away from me, but if I tell her to let you in, she wonât do anything to you.â
âOh.â Well now he feels a bit better. âBut um, the whole lesbian thing? I uh⌠god this is going to sound weird, but would you consider dating my sister if I brought her to you?â
Lucinda blinks, opens her mouth, and then shuts it. She finally settles on, âIs your sister cute?â
âUm, I donât know? I mean to me she is, because sheâs my sister. But um.â
âRed hair, freckles, five foot⌠two, I think? Likes to make dresses and pretty headdresses out of flowers, her favorite activity is scrapbooking. Sheâs nineteen and looking for a nice girl to settle down with.â
Lucinda admits, she sounds tempting. âFine, Iâll meet her. But why are you acting as the go-between for your sisterâs love life, exactly?â
Thomas grimaces. âDad wants to marry her off, and sheâs⌠kind of a lesbian too. Except dad thinks if he throws her at the right dick, sheâll suddenly want that, so⌠yeah.â
Lucinda cackles. Â âOh my god, you climbed a tower to wingman for your sister?â
She stands, brushes her dress off. âI like you. Show me this cute little sister of yours. Weâll take the dragon - letâs see what that old man of yours thinks when a stolen princess shows up riding a dragon wanting to marry his daughter.â
âI think heâll have a heart attack.â
âEven better. Now letâs move. Pudding, come!â
âYou named your dragon Pudding?â