I only had an imaginary dog (Honey) and an imaginary dragon (Grenth).

You have a point. Now that the slugs don't have to navigate the maze of dirty dishes, they can glide merrily all over the clean ones.

I enjoyed The Tainted Cup, but enjoyed the sequel considerably more.

My stepmother lives near Empúries, where there are the remains of a fish sauce factory (along with other fascinating ancient ruins) and when I visited I got ridiculously excited about the fish sauce.

I, too, have held firm, but am wearing my very warm socks, have a hot water bottle tied around my waist, and am under a heated throw with a hot drink while browsing slippers online.