Page 25 of Heart of the Hunted
"Taredd already told you it's not much further, so shut the fuck up about it." Arun shook his head. "You going on about it, makes it feel even further away."
"Fine, I just won't say another fucking word then, okay?" Dain snapped.
"Yes," Taredd replied.
"Thank the Goddess," Arun said, looking up at the sky. "He's finally going to shut up."
"I seriously don't know why I hang out with you two," Dain told them. "You can be right miserable bastards at times."
"You hang out with us because you would be bored otherwise," Arun told him.
"I'm sure I could find something else to pass the time," Dain said. "After all, there's plenty of females..."
"That you haven't had sex with?" Arun interrupted. "Because I don't think there is."
Punching Arun in the arm, Dain said: "I haven't slept with that many females."
Arun laughed. "Yeah right, and I haven't had that many hot meals."
"Maybe you could find something to pass the time," Taredd said. "But then you couldn't annoy us all the time, which we both know you secretly take great pleasure from."
"No, I don't," Dain said it as if he was hurt by the comment.
"Yeah, you do," Taredd said.
"Yes, you do," Arun agreed.
"Yeah, you're right. I do," Dain said, smiling.
Taredd shook his head.
"You're a dick head, you know that?" Arun asked.
"Just on Tuesdays," Dain laughed.
Dain was never going to change, he was never going to stop being an annoying twat, and they both knew it. But that was Dain for you, and it wouldn't be the same if he was any other way. Admittedly, it would be a lot more peaceful, but it wouldn't be half as much fun.
"Do you even know what day of the week it is?" Arun asked him.
"Nope." Dain said, shaking his head. "And I really couldn't give a shit either."
"Do you?" Taredd asked Arun.
"Hell no," Arun said. "But do I need to know? No, I don't. After all, that's a Human thing."
"Yeah, I know," Taredd said.
Why the Humans needed to name the days, he would never understand. Taredd didn't even care if it was night or day, summer or winter. It was all the same to him.
