"EW EW EW EWW! ELF GERMS!" Anna squealed, and grinned at Zixis. "I'ma take you for a little ride,Z-tard." She picked him up, throwing Zixis over her shoulder, like a potato sack.
"Shade? Can you wait at the bottom of the house, so that if he falls,a nd no one catches him, it won't be my fault he's injured?"