Chapter 18: With tongue

Melisende considered refusing and sneaking into this wondrous room to try and understand its secrets by herself. He'd said she had to speak demonish to make the magic ball do her bidding. Was it difficult to learn demonish? She'd learned several languages by the time she was sixteen; maybe she could learn his ungodly one, as well.

He grunted and the image of his planet disappeared. "Where did it go? Bring it back," she demanded.

He leaned forward and stuck his chin out. "Kiss with tongue first."

"If I kiss you, you'll bring the magic planet back and show me how to make it appear? And also, the ungodly beasts that were destroyed by the meteor."

"I will bring it back, but only I, a superior Zyrgin, can do it. A mere human cannot operate our technology." He stuck his chin out again. "Kiss with tongue, now."