"'Get an apprentice,' they said. 'It'll be fulfilling', they said. Hmph."

Cheeky art, courtesy of the inimitable @thatcringemutual.bsky.social, featuring my Lord of Change, Aktalos, and his thrice-damned nuisance of a protégé, Ardrek, who belongs to a dear friend.

"Okay, maybe she's not ALL bad."