He groaned and folded his arms across his chest. Apparently he was comfortable enough with his two demon rescuers to be grumpy.

"I am, but how do you know? How do you even know the word? And why do you talk like a human?"

"Oh, I get you. Right." Nodding, she got up and took him around the other curve of the cave wall. Three big alcoves then, one for the bed, one for the tree, and another for a big cup made of metal and stone.

It was innocent-looking enough, a big circular platform about three feet high and four feet wide, and on it was a cup, just...