After a while my loopy, feverish brain settled on a simple problem. How do I tell a legend that I have to pee? Then, just as I was thinking I'd try something Shakespearian, you know, "Prithee, milord, but I must fain squat in yon bushes, else wil I dampen thy at ractive knee,"
"I have fought hundreds, perhaps more, perhaps thousands of battles of sword against sword, lance against lance. And yet I stand." Galahad bowed slightly. A neat, effective threat. No bragging. Just the simple statement that many had tried to kil him and he was not dead.
"We face battle, outnumbered. We fight because it is our duty to resist evil,
"I'm sure you were real," I said. "I'm sure you are real." Galahad nodded and looked down at the ground. "It is a lady's right to flatter, and be flattered." Then he squared his shoulders and shook off the pal . "Go now, if you wish, go east, quickly, and you may evade Loki's trolls and their wolves." With that Galahad turned and walked away, instantly surrounded by men-at-arms looking for direction. Chapter
"I'm sure you were real," I said. "I'm sure you are real." Galahad nodded and looked down at the ground. "It is a lady's right to flatter, and be flattered." Then he squared his shoulders and shook off the pal . "Go now, if you wish, go east, quickly, and you may evade Loki's trolls and their wolves." With that Galahad turned and walked away, instantly surrounded by men-at-arms looking for direction. Chapter
"I'm sure you were real," I said. "I'm sure you are real." Galahad nodded and looked down at the ground. "It is a lady's right to flatter, and be flattered."
"I feared that having your blood flowing in my veins would unman me," Galahad said with a shadow of his old smile. "Now I see that it can only make me more bold." I didn't know what to say to that. It wasn't the kind of compliment you hear very often. A perfect knight doesn't come up every day and compliment me on my blood. "Oh." I said. "Thanks."