“I’m all set on that front,” I said. “There’s no balance ... since they made me pay in advance.”
“That figures,” Aahz grumbled. “Unless you’re a VIP or something, everybody gets the same treatment.”
It was just too good an opening to pass up, and I yielded to the temptation.
“Of course, it’ll probably be easier for me next time around ... now that I have a line of credit and a credit card.”
“What next time around? I thought you said the police ... ”
His train of thought stopped abruptly as he turned to loom over me.
“CREDIT CARD? What credit card? Who’s been teaching you about credit cards?”
That wasn’t exactly the reaction I had been expecting.
“The bank suggested it, actually,” I explained. “They said ... ”
“What bank? How did you know what to look for in a bank?”
“Well, it was recommended to me by Edvick; he’s the cabbie I hired while I was here, and ... ”
“That you hired? Why didn’t you ... ” He paused and seemed to regain a bit of control. “It sounds like you’ve got quite a bit to discuss with me ... when we have the time. Right, partner?”
“Right, Aahz,” I said, glad to be off the hook for the moment.
“Is there anything that has to be done before we leave?”
“Well, I’ve got to get some money to the bellhop. I promised him ... ”
“Spare me the details ... for the moment anyway. Anything else?”
“No, Aahz.”
“All right. Finish packing while I hunt up this bellhop for you. Then, we’re off for Klah ... if I can find the settings on the D-hopper, that is. It’s been a while, and ... ”
“Save the batteries, cousin,” Pookie said. “I think I can handle getting us all there without help.”
“You? Since when were you coming along?” Aahz gaped.
“Since I hired on with Skeeve here,” the bodyguard countered. “While we’re on the subject, since when did you need a D-hopper to travel through the dimensions?”
“Um ... if the two of you don’t mind,” I said, stuffing my dirty clothes into my new bag, “could we save all that until later? Right now, we’ve got a war to catch!”
portrait by Phil Foglio
Robert (Lynn) Asprin was the legendary creator of the long-running Myth series in which fantasy adventure meets comedy in a delightful pandemonium of magic and adventure. Asprin’s Phule’s Company saga, with its similarly irreverent look at military science fiction, was a New York Times bestseller. And with Lynn Abbey, he created the landmark, hugely-popular and long-running Thieves’ World fantasy series. A fan favorite at SF conventions and an active participant in Society for Creative Anachronism mayhem, Asprin passed away in 2008
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