From “The Sauder Diaries — By Any Other Name“:

She stopped at the edge of his table and gave a polite tip of her head to him before she spoke.
“Excuse me, sir. Was that your Galvanotaur?” she asked in the same sort of voice one might expect to use to order tea and crumpets. Hans nearly snorted his beer.
“Pardon?”
“The rather short and stout fellow I entered the Public Room with.”

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