“What do you want?”
“You friends with him?”
I asked the lizardman. This made his tail wag from side to side as he broke into laughter.
“Friends? I’d rather kiss thornbush. At least that way I’d have dignity.”
“Is there something wrong with him?”
“Oh, you guys are from out of town so you probably didn’t know. He must have lied to you about his exploits and stuff.”
‘Yeah… I don’t think anyone is stupid enough to believe his lies.’
“Lies?”
I feigned ignorance.
“Ah yes. He’s a crazy kid who keeps spreading lies. He can’t stop ever since the- ah, never mind. What did you want?”
“Do you know how we can get to the Tyrant of the South?”
“The old witch? What would you want with her?”
‘Old witch?’
“Um, she was calling for me. That is why I am here.”
“Erhn? Where did you say you were from, again?”
“I never said where I was from?”
‘Could they be the ones the chief was talking about?’
I read his mind.