"For however long I let you hold onto it!" Mindy shot back, grinning. Yes, girlfriends they were, but Mindy's competitive streak and need to push things always had a way of showing itself. In this case, she wanted to see how the two of them would fare against each other as Overlords.

Once they were on top of the hill though, there was very little need for postering. In fact, as Ruffnut mused, Mindy put an arm around her waist and laid her head on her shoulder a moment.

"That's the risk you take, when you go to see the world," she said. "You get to see exactly how big it is."