Property of the Alpha Prince
Cory turned towards the perch again.
There was a great grey owl, resting comfortably on the brass perch. After everything that had happened to her since she had left Traketen, she could no longer be surprised when the owl proceeded to address them.
"So terribly sorry," droned the owl in a deep, sophisticated voice, "how rude of me? I am quite late for dinner, I'm afraid."
"Yes, you are," said Grandmother Alma, "what kept you?"
"Those drooling brutes, those hideous beasts, but we must keep such an exciting story for dinner conversation," drawled the owl.
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