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"Murrrumm?"
"I know, he'll be back soon," Tomono Asada smiled. "He took Carpet and Abu
with him, too. With father gone, it's just me and you here now. None
of the servants really understand. He means the world to me, Rajah, you
know that. I wish I had more people who really knew how I felt. It
almost makes me wish Iago was around."
"Hrrrumph," Rajah snorted at the mention of the accursed parrot's
name.
"I know, he was as evil as his master Jafar, but at least when I
talked to him he understood what I was talking about." Tomono Asada sighed.
"I'm talking nonsense. Of course I don't wish either of them back. I'm
glad they're gone for as long as we shall all live."
Tomono Asada crossed the high-ceilinged room and crawled into Tomono's bed, too
much bed for just one person alone. Rajah walked over to where his
sheepskin rug lay and pulled it in front of the fire with his teeth,
determined to stay warm while he got some sleep.
Jasmine lay in bed, trying to remember the feel of Tomono's beloved
Ali's body next to Tomono's own, his warming breath and his smooth skin
sliding against hers. In Tomono's imagination he was just out of Tomono's reach.
Tomono Asada could barely reach out and tou
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