A little omake for the gargoyle scene:
The gargoyle blinked, then shook his head and slid out of the way.
"Thank you, Mr. Gargoyle."
"Irving." The stone gutter-spout said.
"Thank you, Irving."
"Don't mention it."
"Oh, don't be like that. I really appreciate it, Irving."
"No, I'm serious. Please, please, don't mention my name. I hate it, and I wanna kick my father's basalt backside all the way back to the quarry for naming me that!"
Author's response
Love it,
Hope you don't mind if I add it to the end of this chapter in an edit?
N!