Vasper smiled shyly and admitted, " Amaryllis. She tolerances me well enough. " He went back to pulling at the label on his root beer. It made it easier to talk when he did that.
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"You mean you know I'm a cage fighter, but don't know my name?" Eirik stated as he looked to Madison.
"Well, mostly here, you're a number. So be glad you stuck out in my mind beyond that definition." Madison said defensively.
Eirik looked to Saskia as she stepped past him. "In that case, I am grateful. I got to meet you lovely ladies. My name is Eirik." He said as he glanced behind him. "Liking the view back there?" He asked with amusement.
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Alastor faltered slightly and his resolve, as his phobia resurfaced momentarily. But her confidence as she dragged him to her will, helped to ease it to a manageable level. He cleared his throat as the arrived and looked around nervously. " Skin cancer is nothing to laugh at. No one thinks they're going to get it... until they do." He explained