"Pact?"

Christopher stared carefully at Christian's thumb. He hesitated for a moment before slowly extending his own thumb.

As soon as Christopher's thumb was extended, Christian imprinted her own thumb on it.

"Alright, the ceremony is complete. We are allies now," Christian said excitedly.

Christopher paused, his face expressionless, but he secretly wrapped the thumb that had touched Christian's in his palm.

Suddenly, Christian remembered something and added, "Oh, by ...