hafta say

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The small one

plummeted into the lake again,

throwing waves at me,

then it had the audacity

to put two claws

on my forehead

and say, “Quit watching us lose our garden,

silly naiad, and use your powers to put out the fire.”

I glared and said, “I’m not a naiad. I’m an adventurer.

So I don’t know what you mean, ‘use my powers to put out the fire’

because I’m in this lake

to stay away from the fire.”

Then the creature took away its claws

and stared at them like they were the problem

and I said, “I’m sorry about your garden,

and this spell I did that went sideways,

but really

if you didn’t want this whole thing to burn

you shouldn’t have put

so many flammable things so close together.

Now will you please tell me

what you are

and what this place is

and what that crystal rain was?”

The creature

narrowed golden eyes at me

and said

“if you’re immune

to the divine touch

I’m not talking to you

until we put out this fire.”

Then the creature took off again,

soaking me

again

and I glared

again,

was it even listening

to anything I was saying?

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