Rad looked at the box that G'lishi handed him. It was
about a foot square on the ends and a little wider than that on the
other faces. On the front were two buttons, one red and one
green. Rad eyed them suspiciously. The dragon was staring
at him expectantly. Rad stared back a moment and G'lishi nodded
his head up and down like he had seen Archer do repeatedly when he
wanted the baby dragon to do something. Taking a deep breath Rad
pressed the green button. A spray of something came out of the
centre of the box and Rad ducked out of the way lifting the box over
his head nearly dropping it. Carefully Rad lowered the box in
front of his chest again.
Rad watched the dragon grinning wide enough to swallow a man.
It started to nod its head again. Rad switched hands and
got a good grip on one of the corners. He slowly reached out for
the red button. He pressed it and another spray of liquid came
out. He dodged it and managed to hang on to the box steadily.
He examined the snow where the liquids had landed. The
first splotch of coloured snow was green. The second was red.
In spite of himself Rad smiled and asked, "Did you make that all
by yourself?"
G'lishi's translator did its thing and the dragon nodded his
head. The translator said that G'lishi was quite disappointed
that neither spray had caught Rad. Rad shrugged his shoulders
and thanked G'lishi for the present. G'lishi then said something
to Rad and R.C. started laughing. Rad looked at R.C. who kept on
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