Prompt: "New"
"It was rather lax of you."
Attired in his best, he drew himself up to his full height. "How was I to know she'd waited out of sight? No one ever has! You ask the Missus! She'll tell you!"
Jareth closed his eyes briefly, before opening them to regard the worm. "Perhaps in the future you ought not to advertise that one direction leads – and I quote from her now – 'straight to that castle'."
"But-"
"Not even as a humorous throw-away remark."
"But-"
"Not even if you're sure she's gone."
The worm glowered for a moment, then sighed. "Fine, fine…."
