He bid farewell to Mrs. Fiona and returned to his room, contemplating carefully as he sat on the sofa, placing a hand over his heart and asking the other end:
"Hey, Mannis, do you know about Lady Sunny's two kids?"
"Of course, one of my eyes is always watching Transylvania for you. Nothing that happens there escapes my eye. I know what you're worried about, but if I may be blunt, rather than worrying about the child's health, why not consider whether those two kids are actually the progeny of the Grey Vulture Knight.
I mean, how could those two kids not resemble the big and burly Valande?
Oh, this is starting to feel like an eight o'clock soap opera."
As the Crafty Serpent spewed maddening nonsense that made one want to punch its head twice, it explained:
