"Do you think we will have further trouble from those bandits, Husband?"
"If they haven't gotten the message yet, we can always go chop off their leader's head."
"But they were hired by someone, were they not? Would that person not simply hire someone else?"
"Then we chop off his head too. After all, two heads are better than one."
"They are?"
"...It's a joke."
"It is?"
"We're not chopping off anyone's head."
"But you just said..."
"It was a joke!"
"Oh. But would it work?"
He stared at me. I smiled and patted his cheek. "We are not chopping off anyone's head."
"...Right."
"Nor are we chopping off two people's heads. Because not chopping off two heads is better than not chopping off one."
"...Sure."
I did not understand the joke. But at least the look on Husband's face was funny.
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FFXIV Write 2024
FanfictionThese are my entries for the FFXIV Write 2024 challenge. They're side stories based on Echoes of Home. Some may be more canon than others. The challenge issues daily one-word or one-phrase prompts that submissions should follow. Do all the prompt...
