"I was told you're a monster," the hero said.

"So they say," said the monster.

"But you're beautiful!"

"Thank you."

"Have you always been a monster?"

"Heh. I was a young maiden. But I did something forbidden."

"And became a monster?"

"Got named a monster."

"What did you do?"

"I hit back."

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"Oh," the emperor of the galaxy said, "what happened to that monkey world?"

"Our agents infiltrated them some eight thousand years ago."

"Have they taken over the world?"

"Not yet."

The emperor licked a paw and started washing his ears.

"I'll still count it as one of mine," he purred.

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"Does the role really require a woman?"

"No?"

"Or youth?"

"Er... No?"

"Is being royal or nobility a must?"

The dragon hesitated. "It's traditional..."

"We can mention that it's a position traditionally filled by a princess," the HR consultant said, "but we do welcome all applicants."

"Okay."

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"I have questions about this interstellar travel form," the human said. "What should I put at 'Rose'?"

"The star system you are traveling from," xFfy said.

"I see. And at 'Violet'?"

"The one you're traveling to."

"Ah. Who translated this form?"

"Our best poets, well versed in human poetry."

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It was one of those days when nothing goes right. I managed to hit a button that wasn't there in the lift, and instead of taking me to the fourth floor, it took me four worlds sideways.

I've gotten used to it here, but I really miss dodo burgers.

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The professor brought a large box.

"Here, I built you something."

I've tested many of her inventions, so...

"A doll house?"

"Scale 1:24. Put it on the floor and press that button."

We shrank.

"Time also scales. A full night's sleep here is twenty minutes."

"There's only one bed."

"Details."

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There used to be an old sign by the path, warning passers-by of the local sleeping willow, which would trap the unwary with fatigue, engulf them while they slept, and release them a hundred years later.

There was a new sign:

"This sleeping willow is full."

And a map of other locations to try.

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"Here you go," the guard said, "in you go with the others."

The door clanged shut behind me. The cell was quite crowded, a quite homogenous group of men looked at me.

How to say it in Latin? "Cur in carcerem es?"

"We are also time travellers," one said in English, "here to warn Caesar."

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