Feral Colleagues
"tiamat is from ancient babylonian mythology. she was the great primeval chaos personified as a huge sea serpent, who created all manner of terrible creatures in order to destroy her children," she explained as i looked at her in disbelief.
Holding Out for a Lion
The lion coughed, lowering his bottle of expensive, faux-babylonian beer. "i do what i must…" he rumbled, looking away – checking to see that the barkeep was still too far away to overhear, perhaps.