You Can Run But...
he cleared his throat, beginning to spin in his head; God helped him; he fumbled; she was going to have him by his neck; "there lived a demon... no, a dragon... let's just say a beast...."
"Zayyyyyyne..."
"What?"
"Which?"
He brought this on himself, so he whispered, "A dragon, Jane, a big, tall, handsome dragon."
He saw her frown, ignored it, and continued.
"Everyone loved this dragon, and each time they looked at him, they thought he was perfect; they thought he made no mistakes, so when he made one, which he did every time," he made an explosive motion with his hand, "everyone ended up getting hurt."