"I remember him being bigger."I remember him being bigger." "Wow." "I was younger when he painted it. You know how things start to look smaller as you get older. He was probably about that big." A knock at the door a few minutes revealed a panting Centaur male standing there. "You didn't have to run," Kiza told him. "Well, from the way Sine said, it sounded like you wanted me over here quick." "I wanted you over here, yeah, but not so's you'd kill yourself on the way!" She laughed. "Anyway, Parynn, I want you to meet Garth. Garth, this is my old friend Parynn." Garth reached up. Parynn shook his hand warmly. "You're a Katckin." "And you're very observant," Garth shot back, immediately regretting the reflexive answer. On Terra, he could reasonably expect to have his species recognized, but on Pendor he was the alien. "Sorry. "Hey, no problem," Parynn said, standing up straight again and nearly hitting his head on the doorframe. "Whoa. That's lower than I remember. |