"Cooperate, or I will keep you in dice form." Lexx knelt reluctantly and retrieved the duck from Sythe. He offered his covered arm to Sythe. Her wings were too heavy for her to lift off from the water.
Sythe fluttered her wings and fluffed up her wet feathers, then she jumped up to the more comfortable perch on Lexx's shoulder. Lexx took a moment to press one of his marking rings around one of the duck's legs. Energy slowly swam up to Lexx, his eyes glazed over. It was going to take him awhile to recover.
Not far away, … someone was watching.
