Zeph's face flushed red and his ears drooped to his shoulders with embarrassment at his attempted heroic gesture backfiring. Wacko's sides split with laughter at his words, and Katie brought him back to her face and petted him on the head. "You can be my slave if you like." Katie said teasingly and broke out into a laughing fit. "Did you honestly expect that to work?" She asked him, and Zeph just held out his hand to Katie. "Stop it." He said, "Just drop me now and stomp me into the floor." He said. He wasn't serious, of course, but rather so embarrassed he wouldn't mind if she did. Katie didn't drop him, but rather put him on her shoulder...