Bab 228: Different currencies

Spike walked regally over to Dave, and bumped his muzzle against the player. Dave scritched the fiend under his chin.

"Ohhhhhh, he's soooo CUTE!" Demeri squealed ecstatically. Lone was cooing like a mourning dove, and even Caitlin's eyes had a soft dreamy look.

Dave was flabbergasted, he looked at Spike again to see if his red-eyed mount had turned into a long-eared fluffy bunny or something equally ludicrous and useless. But, no. The hulking elephant-sized monster was still the same: a nasty temperament wrapped around a mouth full of sharp fangs and teeth that very plainly did not belong to any kind of herbivore.

'What is with women and animals? Thank god I didn't tame a unicorn, I can't imagine how much worse this situation would have been.'

Seeing the confusion on Dave's face, Ralph patted his back reassuringly.