Ficbit Challenge 6

Six-
Final Fantasy V, funny
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"So," Bartz said, leaning against the railing and staring out over the clouds that were zipping by below.

"D'arr?" said Faris, not looking away from the horizon. Her hands were steady on the ship's wheel; her complaints about how an airship was disrespectful to true sailing hadn't lasted very long once someone had coaxed her into actually flying the thing.

"You know," Bartz said, "I was wondering."

"D'arr."

"I mean, not that it's important."

"D'arr?"

"But..." Bartz turned around and put his back to the railing. "You keep saying 'd'arr' all the time."

"D'arr."

"It seems to mean 'yes', I think. Or 'aye', if you want to be nautical. Right?"

"D'arr."

"So what I'm wondering is, what does it really mean?" Bartz frowned. "I mean, you can't possibly abbreviate 'yes' in such a way that you get 'd'arr', can you?"

Faris was silent.

"I guess it might be a corruption of 'd'aye' or something," Bartz said, still frowning. "So, anyway, what does 'd'arr' mean?"

Faris was still silent. After a long, tense moment, she took one hand off the wheel and backhanded Bartz across the face. "Don't ye question me," she said.

Bartz put a hand to his sore jaw and flexed it gingerly. "D'arr," he said weakly.


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