I ran my fingertips over her arm. "Which is Scylla?" She pointed at the one with multiple heads. "So, that means, this—" I traced the less ornate monster beside a beautifully depicted whirlpool. "Is Charybdis."

"Yup."

"It's like 'between the devil and the deep blue sea'..?"

"Exactly!" She replied, hyped up all of a sudden. Her excitability made her the most adorable person on the planet. "That sounds way more badass... And it seems like something a pirate would say, so I'm stealing that from you."

Instead of replying, I kissed her again, so we could have more fun. Ever since she'd introduced me to tribbing, it was something I...