[b]Jessamine![/b]

The emergence of Princess Shazari of Jedad in her battle-armor from the throat of one of the Snake-Husband’s heads is glorious. She brings golden light with her, caught in the folds of her cloak, and her helm is burnished and glorious, wrapped round and round with images of two-headed serpents.

The Snake-Husband lowers one vast head and lets her alight on the ruined ground, stepping haughtily down.

“What have you [i]done[/i] while I was putting our husband to rights?” She asks, loudly— but you almost miss the question, because the glass snake-wife has just projectile vomited a huge dog directly at Adila I, knocking both of them into an awful slimy tumble.

And then both serpents raise their heads and bellow so loudly that the whole labyrinth shakes.

***

[b]Kathelia![/b]

“SHE’S THE BEST, CAN’T BE BEAT, GOT A BUTT THAT’S SUCH A TREAT! GOOOOOO KAZELIA!!”

Kyouko is defending you too, buying you time with her pompoms and high kicks and cartwheels. Whenever a manticore gardener looks about to seize you, she’s suddenly there, waving her pompoms in their face and cheering loudly until they stumble back in confusion. That’s what buys you time to release Red, which... falls neatly out of its casing. Careful! Try to catch it!

It... falls into your bag and disappears underneath the bric-a-brac of the Labazaar. And that’s when one of the manticore-gardeners sneaks her tail around Kyouko’s frantic defense and [i]stings you![/i]

And of course, you know all about manticore venom. What does it do again?

***

[b]Eupheria![/b]

“I want an apple, Argyle!!!”

You stamp your foot and wait for your dragon to get out of the way. You’re his mistress just as much as the [i]other[/i] Euphie is! But instead your dragon whines in confusion, shaking his silly head.

It’s so frustrating! Nobody ever listens to you!! Not even Argyle thinks you’re worth listening to, and you practically made him, bit by bit, scale by scale, palette by palette!

What does it make you want to do?