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AN: Welcome back for another drabble, exactly 100 words again. The rating went up to T for language in this one. The following takes place a couple years or so after The Invisible Ring. Enjoy.

Pleasant Surprise

Daemon was quietly reading when the door to the backwater flat swung wide open. As she entered, Surreal's face was one of annoyance and…amusement?

"I've had the most interesting day." She announced, suspiciously jovial.

He tilted his head, curiously interested.

"I was in a restaurant with my client when her husband came in. The boyo was perfectly fine until my client mentioned my name. He dumped a shitload of sugar into his coffee. I've had a lot of strange reactions to my name but dumping sugar is a first. You wouldn't happen to know anything about this would you, Sadi?