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"I just had to pay a double bridge toll and give away our dessert," Ronin reminds the Lullaby haughtily, as if he has every right to be cranky in this instance, though he does soften as Remi makes a good point. "That is true - I'm sorry, ma'am," he says to the vixen. "Do you happen to know the rules of blackjack? It's quite easy, and I do have a deck of cards in my pocket, I think. If I still have hands by the end of this, I'd be happy to play a game with you..." And on and on in this vein, Ronin will host a full conversation with a fox who is only interested in the last and best of his baked treats, right up until Remi's countown. Once he reaches one, of course, Ronin also takes a large step back, and the vixen finds herself standing on a nimbus, quite safe, and licking her chops. She glances between the two demigods for a second. Then she shakes out her fur, screams one last time, and leaps off the nimbus before scarpering into the undergrowth. This leaves one Ronin covered in pastry crumbs, fresh cream and fox spittle, and the other sadly gazing into an empty pastry box. ronypony it's always nice to make an impression