Alfred started to smile but bit his lip (with his center teeth, not the fangs) to hold it back. This wasn't the right time to be smiling, or to make jokes about how he would expect nothing less regardless of what he looked like. Through their entire relationship, Zelda had never hexed him, but it seemed like the sort of thing she might do with little remorse if he was ever being enough of an ass. She'd tried to stun Jo once. Speaking of which, he should probably tell Zelda that Jo was back in the country and he'd seen her, but this was definitely not the time.

"Can you unlock the front door?" he asked. "Or should I scrabble through the window?"

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