“I’m surprised if you could lift more than a feather,” Howell grumbled back, not taking kindly to being called a princess, even when no one else was around to hear it.
But he was struck by the horrible possibility that he was too tired to carry on, so – for the sake of his pride, more than anything – he suggested, “We’ll stay put here a while.” This part of the cave system was bound to be relatively sturdy above them and there was a great echoing through the caverns. (Howell could almost still hear the word princess bouncing off the rock.) “If one of the dragons is down in these tunnels we might even hear it from here.” Maybe they could even attract it with some soothing music?
But he was struck by the horrible possibility that he was too tired to carry on, so – for the sake of his pride, more than anything – he suggested, “We’ll stay put here a while.” This part of the cave system was bound to be relatively sturdy above them and there was a great echoing through the caverns. (Howell could almost still hear the word princess bouncing off the rock.) “If one of the dragons is down in these tunnels we might even hear it from here.” Maybe they could even attract it with some soothing music?
