"Ah, you're no fun." Cumulo sighed. "You know you wouldn't even be actually killing me, right? Though it'd be awfully annoying to find another body to steal..."
"Basically I got on the Queen's bad side and now I need to prove myself. Y'know; like you do." Cumulo gave Vespyr a sheepish grin. "So how 'bout it, Vespy? Go easy on an old friend in need?"
Alex ran a few feet to the side, then pushed aside a turf blanket to reveal a trapdoor underneath.
"We haven't used this one in awhile, have we, Davey?"