"Hey! YOU'RE here!" the Overlord said, quite clearly taking the idea that lash wasn't 'enough good looking girls' as a personal insult. "Even if you are taken, beggars can't be choosers."

The book sighed as the minion straightened him up again. "I'm not worrying about you. I'm doing that emotional-comfort thing I'm supposed to do. It's not MY fault I don't know how to do it properly! I'm a freaking Overlord! It's not on the list of duties normally!"