{"id":20886,"date":"2023-04-23T08:00:26","date_gmt":"2023-04-23T15:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sylumclan.com\/sylumblog\/?p=20886"},"modified":"2023-04-07T22:14:35","modified_gmt":"2023-04-08T05:14:35","slug":"st-georges-day-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sylumclan.com\/sylumblog\/st-georges-day-2\/","title":{"rendered":"St George&#8217;s Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"3680\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.sylumclan.com\/sylumblog\/sylum-inspiration-st-george-raphael\/raphael_-_saint_george_fighting_the_dragon-1\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sylumclan.com\/sylumblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Raphael_-_Saint_George_Fighting_the_Dragon-1.jpg?fit=523%2C600&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"523,600\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Raphael_-_Saint_George_Fighting_the_Dragon (1)\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sylumclan.com\/sylumblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Raphael_-_Saint_George_Fighting_the_Dragon-1.jpg?fit=523%2C600&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3680 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sylumclan.com\/sylumblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Raphael_-_Saint_George_Fighting_the_Dragon-1.jpg?resize=523%2C600&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"523\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sylumclan.com\/sylumblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Raphael_-_Saint_George_Fighting_the_Dragon-1.jpg?w=523&amp;ssl=1 523w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sylumclan.com\/sylumblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Raphael_-_Saint_George_Fighting_the_Dragon-1.jpg?resize=131%2C150&amp;ssl=1 131w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sylumclan.com\/sylumblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Raphael_-_Saint_George_Fighting_the_Dragon-1.jpg?resize=349%2C400&amp;ssl=1 349w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 523px) 100vw, 523px\" \/><\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Blessings to all!<\/span><\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">A small Sylum teasing snippet<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><!--more--><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">&#8220;Today is St. George&#8217;s Day.&#8221;\u00a0 He informed the unwanted companion.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">&#8220;St. George?\u00a0 Wait as in one of those Catholic Saints?\u00a0 You are not Catholic.&#8221;\u00a0 The tone was one the edge of being snidely.\u00a0 &#8220;And why would you even &#8230; wait.\u00a0 WAIT!?\u00a0 Isn&#8217;t he the one who killed a Dragon!\u00a0 You are celebrating the death of a DRAGON!&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">&#8220;Just admiring a man who skewed the scaley bastard.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">&#8220;Well that&#8217;s just Rude!&#8221;\u00a0 The huff was loud and obnoxious.\u00a0 &#8220;I&#8217;m telling your Mate.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">&#8220;Tell me what?&#8221;\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">&#8220;He is being rude and admiring a man who killed Dragons.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">&#8220;I would like to point out that said Dragon killed people and wanted a virgin sacrifice.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">&#8220;Why?!\u00a0 That&#8217;s not shiny.\u00a0 I wouldn&#8217;t want some screaming banshee in my hoard.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The poor Mate looked heavenward wondering how this was his life.\u00a0 &#8220;Speaking of, Grub was heading for your &#8230;.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">&#8220;OH thank God he&#8217;s gone.&#8221;\u00a0 He grinned at his Mate.\u00a0 &#8220;How about you, me and some quality alone time.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">&#8220;I would like to point out you&#8217;re the one who made a deal with him.&#8221; He curled into his Mate&#8217;s lap.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">&#8220;Well neither one of us thought it would be forever.\u00a0 Enough on the Dragon&#8230;&#8221;\u00a0 He pulled him close and kissed him deeply.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Blessings to all! 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