JК
Sween Myth-tery of Life :: Asprin Robert
Страница: 68 из 110"
He broke offand did another double take.
"Wait a minute. Vie? The same vampire Vie that you hang around with over at the Bazaar? You mean this Cassandra babe is ..."
"A vampire," I said with a careless shrug. The truth was, I was starting to get a bit of a kick out of shocking Aahz. "Oh, she's okay. No one you'd want to take home to mother, but ... what's wrong?"
He was craning his head around to peer at my neck from different angles.
"Just checking for bite marks," he said.
"Com'on, Aahz. There wasn't any danger of that. She was drinking her blood out of a glass last night."
"Those weren't the kind of bite marks I was checking for," he grinned. "Vamps have a rep of being pretty wild women."
"Um ... speaking of destinations," I said eager to change the subject, "where are we going?"
"No place special," my partner said. "These local bars and inns are pretty much all the same. This one should do us fine."
With that, he veered through the door of the place we were passing, leaving me to follow along behind.
The inn was refreshingly ordinary compared to what I could remember of the surreal clubs I had been to on Limbo. Ordinary, and more than a little dull.
Dark wooden tables and chairs were the main feature of the decor, with occasional candles scattered here and there to supplement the light which streamed in through windows and the open door.
"What'll you have, Skeeve?" Aahz called, heading for the bar.
I started to say 'Wine/ but changed my mind. Whether or not Bunny was right about my drinking getting out of hand, it wouldn't hurt to ease up a bit. Besides, Nunzio's comment about blacking out had me more than a little uneasy.
"Just some fruit juice for me," I waved.
Aahz paused, cocking his head at me.
"Are you sure you're all right, partner?" he said.
"Sure. Why do you ask?"
"A while back you were talking about looking forward to having your usual, and now you're switching drinks."
"All right. Have it your way," I grimaced. "A goblet of wine, then. No need to make a big thing of it."
I leaned back and looked around the room, though it was mostly to break eye contact with Aahz before he realized I was upset. It was funny, but I found myself somehow reluctant to tell my partner my worries about my drinking. Still, it was difficult to change my drinking patterns around him without raising questions that would require an explanation. I figured that, for the moment, the easiest thing to do would be to go on as before ...
He broke offand did another double take.
"Wait a minute. Vie? The same vampire Vie that you hang around with over at the Bazaar? You mean this Cassandra babe is ..."
"A vampire," I said with a careless shrug. The truth was, I was starting to get a bit of a kick out of shocking Aahz. "Oh, she's okay. No one you'd want to take home to mother, but ... what's wrong?"
He was craning his head around to peer at my neck from different angles.
"Just checking for bite marks," he said.
"Com'on, Aahz. There wasn't any danger of that. She was drinking her blood out of a glass last night."
"Those weren't the kind of bite marks I was checking for," he grinned. "Vamps have a rep of being pretty wild women."
"Um ... speaking of destinations," I said eager to change the subject, "where are we going?"
"No place special," my partner said. "These local bars and inns are pretty much all the same. This one should do us fine."
With that, he veered through the door of the place we were passing, leaving me to follow along behind.
The inn was refreshingly ordinary compared to what I could remember of the surreal clubs I had been to on Limbo. Ordinary, and more than a little dull.
Dark wooden tables and chairs were the main feature of the decor, with occasional candles scattered here and there to supplement the light which streamed in through windows and the open door.
"What'll you have, Skeeve?" Aahz called, heading for the bar.
I started to say 'Wine/ but changed my mind. Whether or not Bunny was right about my drinking getting out of hand, it wouldn't hurt to ease up a bit. Besides, Nunzio's comment about blacking out had me more than a little uneasy.
"Just some fruit juice for me," I waved.
Aahz paused, cocking his head at me.
"Are you sure you're all right, partner?" he said.
"Sure. Why do you ask?"
"A while back you were talking about looking forward to having your usual, and now you're switching drinks."
"All right. Have it your way," I grimaced. "A goblet of wine, then. No need to make a big thing of it."
I leaned back and looked around the room, though it was mostly to break eye contact with Aahz before he realized I was upset. It was funny, but I found myself somehow reluctant to tell my partner my worries about my drinking. Still, it was difficult to change my drinking patterns around him without raising questions that would require an explanation. I figured that, for the moment, the easiest thing to do would be to go on as before ...