The Dungeons

I was not flirting with the shopgirls. I was just being pleasant and they insisted on giving me fairy cakes every ten minutes. It would have been rude to refuse. And that spell really did need recalibration.

I might have been talking a bit fast, though. All that sugar. Still, there's no need to say I was flirting, even "unintentional" flirting. And how is flirting unintentional, anyway? Isn't intent inherent in flirting, even if it's innocent?

I don't feel well.

*running water, then a knock, a long pause and a louder, more insistent knock before the water shuts off*

One moment!

*another long pause, then a crash of books and swearing in Russian, before the creak of a door opening*

( What? )