Being a Pirate is all Right to Be (Pup Fight Training!)

Though she may have arrived tired the moment things got interesting Skadi perked right up. She sat up straight and took in Ashmedai's antics with wide, glittery eyes. Scary monsters? She loved scary monsters! Her favorite bedtime stories were full of malformed terrors who the clever protagonist had to outsmart or outright kill. Lately the bedtime stories had less and less scary monsters, which was a shame because after hearing them Skadi always had questions and she lay there forever and ever asking them and thinking about it until her mom shushed her.

Skadi bounced to her paws when it was her turn and began to gush excitedly, "My name is Skadi and the biggest, bestest, scariest thing I can think of is a draugur!" Remembering that just like how not everybody spoke her mamma's language not everybody knew her stories either, Skadi launched into an explanation. "They're big ugly things that used to be dead and then they came back because they were so nasty and greedy death couldn't keep them dead, and they're always hungry so they eat everything; I mean everything! They look kinda like this," She hunched her back jutted out her lower jaw and stomped around quickly, "And they're big and black with gross skin that's falling off and they smell so bad sometimes the stink is enough to kill!"

Satisfied with her explanation, Skadi flopped down and crossed her paws. She let out a loud sigh, then said, "Anyway you gotta take their head off to kill them but they're so strong and stinky, and they make you so crazy you'll probably die if you try." She beamed up at Ashmedai. "They're my favorite."