Cursors's Fury

“What I mean, Aleran,” she said quietly, “is that all this time you were acting as if it was some kind of monumental task. When it is so simple” She turned her head enough to regard the furylamp and said, firmly, “Off.”

The lamp went out.

And before Tavi’s utter shock could really register, Kitai pressed him down to the floor and stopped his mouth with a kiss.

Tavi decided the crowbegotten lamp could wait.

There were more important things.