How to Avoid Death on a Daily Basis
“Maurice, take it into a corner and listen to it read. See if there’s anything useful in there.”
Maurice looked a bit apprehensive. “Are you sure it’s safe?”
The imp wasn’t very big, but it still looked pretty vicious.
“It’ll be fine, right, Cheng? Just don’t get it wet or feed it after midnight. 288, follow the orders of this one.” I pointed at Maurice.
“Yes, Master.”
“While you do that, we’ll try to figure out where the treasury is.”
“East wing, lower floor, Master.”
I stared at the imp. It stood there like a doll waiting for orders. Like a robot.
“Somebody go watch the door,” I said. “I think we just found the plans to the Death Star.”