A Big Shiny Blue Marble Ch. 35

But to her amazement, Copper seemed to be holding her own and in a few moments, she disengaged and stepped back for a moment before she threw herself at the thing with a yell. Yuan's mouth fell open to see it.

Copper just bowled the troll over and sat on it as the roars and yells faded in the softness of the snowy world around them. The sounds of combat and curses gave way to quiet laughter as Yuan watched Copper look down with a grin.

"Hi Luddy," she laughed, and she leaned down to hug the troll.

The beast began to chuckle and reached up to hold the dwarf-girl, "Good to see you, Copper."