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Outside, by the lake, there's a Rock God.

He's not doing anything of much consequence, really. Just throwing chunks of meat into the water, watching tentacles of his squid friends come to pluck the hunks of beef from the thin ice. It was like feeding the ducks, only more brutal.

Toki is botherable.

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I was still for a moment after the song, standing slightly in Triumph, still feeling the urge to violence and roar as I had felt the cold from the other.

In truth, I preferred the cold.

Slowly, I loosed each limb and entered the Discipline of Calm, not speaking until I was more than halfway through.

"What is the meaning of such a song?"

Toki smiled, "We has wolfves in our yard. Dey is protects us from crazy fans who wants to sneaks in and parties or kills us or whatevers."

There was a shrug, "We writes it sort of half for de fans, halfs for de wolfves." The wolves didn't appreciate it, but the fans were literally maiming each other to get ahead in line as the CDs hit the music stores.

"We makes it up here in de bar, right Skwisgaar?"

He nodded, still playing quietly, smiling again when Pompeii hooted at a particular note or chord, "Ja, we's is was doing dat. We's is should be doings of it mores of de timings I think."

Because here was where they wrote the good songs.

The Discipline now complete, I sat with my tail curled about my forelegs.

"You allow them to hunt the people who come to listen to your music?" I asked cautiously. That seemed wrong somehow, though if it was in defence of their lives...

"De peoples are trespassing. You understands, is like someone comings in and invadings your privacy, and we is very private peoples. We gots secrets and lives dat we don't wants our fans to knows about!"

He shrugged. "De wolves is our friends. I won't tells 'em to stops."

Skwisgaar nodded at this as well, blinking up at the dragon, "Ja, dey's is liiike, our protectsions guys. And dey's is actuallies really pretty goods at it, dat's is why we also is havings de guy who's is a really good shots for picks off de runners who's is actually gets away from de wolfves."

I fell silent for a moment. "Yes, I can understand that, provided they have been warned that is what would happen if they crossed into your territory." We did much the same on the Isle of Exile.

Toki nodded, "Dey knows exactlies what awaits dem once dey scales de razorwire walls."

The blonde nodded as well, "Ja, dey's is even knowings befores dat, is signs alls over de wall outsides explains exactlies what's is inside and who's dey's is not good for, liiike de dudes with a plastics hip, or de pregnants ladies or de olds people and stuff, dat guy who is maybe a robot butler says we has to have 'em up becausings of a lee-gulls issue."

He shrugged, "But somes of de time peoples is climbs over anyway. Is dildos."

"Forgive me for saying so, but humans are strange," I answered with a faint hiss.

"But also talented in many surprising things. I thank you again for playing your music for me." I dipped my head and sent a wave down my neck.

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