Boyd and Mist

GIFT

"Mist, give me back my axe!" the annoyed axe-fighter shouted.

"Not until you apologize for attacking Rolf," she said.

"But I didn't attack Rolf!" Boyd whined.

"Fine then, you win, Boyd. I'll give you this axe back, if you find the fanciest, most beautiful, most expensive dress in Crimea, and give it to me."

"Are you kidding me?!" Boyd asked angrily.

"Nope," Mist said flatly.

"Fine," Boyd finally resigned. He walked into town and found Calill.

"Hi, Calill," Boyd said, "Mist wants me to buy the fanciest, most beautiful, most expensive dress in Crimea, but I don't know what to look for. You like dresses, so I thought you could help."

"I can," Calill said.

After ten minutes of awkward silence, Boyd asked, "Will you?"

"Okay," Calill said, "She's probably talking about Big Lena."

"Big Lena?" Boyd asked.

"Only the fanciest, most beautiful, most expensive dress in Crimea… it was made for a mage, if you can believe it, even vainer than I. But she never showed up for it. Every day it increases its price, and now amounts to 5,000,000… but no one has that much money."

"Can I charm the shopkeeper out of it?" Boyd asked.

"I… wouldn't recommend it," Calill said, but Boyd was already gone.

"Can I purchase Big Lena?" Boyd asked.

"No," the shopkeeper replied.

"What if I told you it was for my girlfriend?"

"No."

"Whose brother is the hero of Crimea and Tellius."

"Well, in that case, yes, of course. In fact, you can have it for free… if you can prove it. Who does the hero of Crimea and Tellius like?"

"His tactician," Boyd answered, "He rejected the queen out of fear of aristocracy and preference of the male persuasion."

"Good goddess, you've done it!" the shopkeeper said.

So Boyd got Big Lena and Mist was so happy she bought Boyd a NEW axe.

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TALK

"Mist, I've been thinking a lot about what you said the other day and there's still something I don't get. If you like me, why did you used to torture me all the time?" Boyd asked.

"I was a little girl back then, and I knew that's what you really wanted in the long run. I mean, come on, if you didn't like me torturing you, why did you provoke me?" Mist answered and then asked.

"I never provoked you, Mist…" Boyd responded sheepishly.

"Sure you did," Mist said, "Remember that time in the Serenes Forest?"

"Of course I do," Boyd answered, "You'll never let me forget it."

"But why, Boyd, why did you choose to be tortured?"

"Because… I liked spending time with you but you were too young for me to go out with back then."

This closure brought the two even closer together.

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HARDSHIP

Boyd's tortured screaming came from the kitchen. Mist came running. "What's wrong, Boyd?"

"Nothing," Boyd answered, while continually screaming.

"Boyd, did your finger get stuck in the kettle spout again?" she asked.

"Of course not!" he stammered, "Wh-why would you think that?"

"Because you're hiding one of your hands behind your back, and it's leading to where the kettle generally is."

He struggled to get his finger out of the kettle spout. His tortured screaming became louder and louder, until Mist pulled the kettle out in front of him, and then pulled out his finger without much trouble.

"How do you men manage to keep getting your fingers caught in stuff?" Mist asked.

Boyd looked sheepish and ran into the back bedroom to hide.

"Oh, Boyd," Mist said.

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ARGUMENT

"Frogs don't know what you're thinking," Mist said.

"Yes they do…" Boyd responded, "If you look one in the eye, he says 'beat it'."

"You mean Ribbit?" Mist asked.

"Well fine, if that's the way you feel about me…" Boyd said.

"Wait, what?" Mist asked.

"You said 'beat it!' Just like those pond frogs always do."

"It wasn't 'beat it', Boyd, it was 'ribbit.'"

"Beat it."

"Ribbit."

"Beat it."

"Ribbit."

"Beat it."

"Beat it."

"Ribbit."

"So you finally agree," Mist said triumphantly.

Boyd rolled his eyes at his girl's sense of humor.

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RELAXATION

It had been fairly quiet in the Greil Mercenaries' fort ever since Ike had left. Mist and he never argued anymore, and Titania and Soren never argued anymore. But Boyd was worried that all this was not to last. He made sure that Mist got everything she needed so she could avoid fainting as she had on the battlefield that fateful day. Boyd may not have been the sharpest knife in the drawer, but he was always prepared to help Mist out.