Bab 504: I Am Stupid

Ziza laughed, inadvertantly (or perhaps deliberately) kicking me with her foot. "Oh, you are so STUPID." she said, and then resumed laughing.

"Ziza." Amara (the elder wife) said. "Calm yourself. You will wake the children."

I had seen the children pretending to be asleep earlier; I don't think anything less than a pouncing plains-cat was going to wake them now. <1>

Venkatar sipped calmly on a mug of water, perhaps trying to hide his smile.

"No." said Ziza, once she had herself under control. "How special is this woman Kismet to you?"

I shrugged. "She was a good friend."

"She was a terrible friend." Amara said. "Friends don't treat each other like that."

I blinked. Just a word? Don't do that while your eyes are limp in your sockets. Even when you don't pinch the sagging eyeball, it hurts. "But..."

"No." Venkatar said. "My wives have the right of that. If either of them struck me in the face..."