Cairo  

XXXVII  

I look at Jasmine like she’s crazy... because she seems to be.  

“Guards?! CALIPSO?! You must be kidding, Jas. I thought I was the one that made jokes around here?”  

She rolls her eyes.  

“Jokes? Cairo, listen. Does it look like I’m joking? I mean, how else do you propose we get out of here?”  

I mean, she’s right. But... how are we going to do that, without ...getting killed?  

“I have a plan.”  

Jasmine  

XXXVIII  

Cairo stares at me. “And what would that be?”  

“Well,” I reply. “Calipso may be willing to... bargain.” I pull the sword in front of me, it’s gleaming blade reflecting light in Ro’s eyes.  

“For a sword? Jas, they probably have thousands of-”  

“Golds made out of pure silver and gold? I don’t think so.” As I predicted, a look of shock overtakes Cairo’s face, and his eyes go wide.  

“Pure silver and gold?! But Jasmine, how do you know that?” He grins. “I mean, I know you’re a princess, but I didn’t think that princesses could even know what pure silver and gold looked like!”  

I roll my eyes. Here he goes again, with the stupid jokes.  

I can’t deny that they give me a sense of normalcy, though. I'm definitely glad that we're back to the way things used to be.