{"id":9136,"date":"2023-01-25T08:41:25","date_gmt":"2023-01-25T13:41:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/runeskelley.com\/skelleyverse\/?p=9136"},"modified":"2023-01-22T16:51:24","modified_gmt":"2023-01-22T21:51:24","slug":"explain-i-said","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/runeskelley.com\/skelleyverse\/explain-i-said\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Explain,&#8221; I Said"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-24\" src=\"https:\/\/runeskelley.com\/skelleyverse\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/k-avatar-e1443983846496.png\" alt=\"by Kent\" width=\"81\" height=\"81\" \/>I\u2019d already drugged the cat<\/li>\n<li>so secret she won&#8217;t shut up about them<\/li>\n<li>Ramekins, not plates.<\/li>\n<li>angle of his eyebrows<\/li>\n<li>(or any yellow bird)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Tune in next time part 768 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/runeskelley.com\/skelleyverse\/tune-in-next-time\/\">Click Here for Earlier Installments<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Explain,&#8221; I said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Nuptials fall within the scope of Royal Decree,&#8221; Tessa said. &#8220;And owing to the Diplomatic Reformation of 1528, Lunar royalty in particular can issue such decrees &#8216;anyplace the moon has been full.&#8217; That provision is really meant to protect the rights of werewolves and other lycanthropes, but&#8230; it&#8217;s a loophole that applies to this situation.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There must be some loopholes for you to exploit as well!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Tessa shook her head. &#8220;I mean, yes, there would be if he hadn&#8217;t closed them all. I had been counting on using the Newmar Exemption.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;But <em>I&#8217;d already drugged the cat<\/em>,&#8221; Pamplemousse said smugly. &#8220;Oh yes, I am well versed in all the secret legal trapdoors, <em>so secret she won&#8217;t shut up about them<\/em> in her sleep.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;What?!&#8221; I roared.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He planted listening devices,&#8221; Tessa said reassuringly. &#8220;There was one behind each of the commemorative plates on my headboard.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Pamplemousse frowned. &#8220;<em>Ramekins, not plates.<\/em>&#8221; This felt like a picayune detail to create so much intensity in the <em>angle of his eyebrows<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;So anyway,&#8221; Tessa said with a sigh, &#8220;I&#8217;m his wife now. But that doesn&#8217;t mean I have to go and live with him or anything. It&#8217;s just a technicality. 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