When they reached the woods, the knight reined the horse in, lowered the maiden to the ground, and dismounted.

"I think we are safe now," he said.

"How did you distract the dragon?" the maiden asked.

"Promise you won't laugh."

"I promise."

"I set up a huge cardboard box."

*snort*

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"You know, those things used to just be a bunch of nichrome wire and a bimetallic strip, no electronics at all"

"Toasters? That's preposterous, how would they calculate the ideal cooking temperature? How could they verify the Darkening Rights Management proteins in the bread?"

"Oh we never worried about that crap"

"Wait, did they not even cryptographically sign the char layer? How did your butter sprayers know how heavy of a coat to apply?"

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I saw it in the bookshop window, brightly lit in the early morning gloom.

I *had* to tell Clive.

I ran out of town and danced, elated, around bushes across the meadows, to the tree.

Clive was there, cross-legged, his back against the trunk, facing away to where the sun would soon rise.

"Clive! My book's out!"

Clive lowered his booklight, turned to me and smiled.

"And quite a good book it is."

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