A Really Bad Week

[governorkang]

There was something different about the tavern. Typically, the mood in it was cheerful, almost homey; for the past few days, however, it had been... solemn.

It could have been blamed on a number of things. Because of the recent strike against GLaDOS, people were remembering those that had been repodded, and Hisk, the previous helper, was among that group. Kawalsky, Cassie, and two of the people in the pods had been killed. And lastly, though it was public knowledge by that point that Hiccup and Rose had been hurt, it wasn't yet known exactly what had happened or how bad it was.

Kang knew, though.

All of that combined equaled a somewhat mopey draconian behind the bar.

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[governorkang]

Luckily for Marco, Kang couldn't force Marco to attend any training, though he was sorely tempted to. He didn't have the authority. Besides that, Grif was proof that mandatory training made for troublesome students that he'd like nothing more than to shove out of an airlock. "I hope I don't ever have to rely on you to watch my tail during a mission."

[livestoannoy]

If Marco ever went on any missions? He'd definitely prefer to go with the other Animorphs, not some random crewmember. The Animorphs know how to work together, and if it's just them there's no risk of anyone else getting in the way.

Not that he would tell Kang that. "Hey, your tail would be safe with me, my scaly friend," he said, with a grin that probably wouldn't reassure Kang at all.

[governorkang]

"Forgive me for not having much faith in your video game skills being useful on the battlefield," Kang snorted.

[livestoannoy]

"Dude, come on! You can't underestimate the power of video games. I totally learned some driving skills from Need for Speed."

And if any of the other Animorphs try to tell you that Marco drives like a maniac and that you should avoid being anywhere in the vicinity when Marco is in control of a vehicle...well, Marco will deny like hell and say that they clearly don't know what they are talking about.

[governorkang]

"Things are much different in theory than they are in practice," Kang pointed out. "I wouldn't trust myself driving a vehicle when the only experience I had to go by was pixels on a screen."

[livestoannoy]

"I think you'd need to worry more about fitting into a vehicle," Marco said, amused.

[governorkang]

Kang shrugged. Marco had a point; he was well aware of how big he was compared to humans.