Rhyn smiled faintly, admiring the woman before him. She was foolishly stubborn and lippy – and he loved that about her. She was the first creature ever to see beyond his half-demon curse.
Rhyn smiled faintly, admiring the woman before him. She was foolishly stubborn and lippy – and he loved that about her. She was the first creature ever to see beyond his half-demon curse.
And then, into this becalmed, benighted backwater come too lippy young Muscovites on the make.
Beside if people get lippy you can always mention that it is a ' radical adaptation ' .
If the mortal gets lippy, then you can be sure it was a fellow wiz or an arch-wiz testing you.