Funny / No Good Dragon Goes Unpunished

• Heartstriker Mountain has a top-of-the-line human hospital for all of the mortal servants, which Julius appreciates when Marci needs healing. He's less appreciative of the fact that it's generally referred to as "the vet."
• Bob has every single Heartstriker sign a Magically-Binding Contract to make the new council official. He then folds it up a million times until it's a tiny cube and sticks it in his jacket.
  Julius: [horrified] And you've been carrying it around balled up in your pocket?
  Bob: [sweetly] Next to my heart.
• When Marci sees Amelia and Svena, Svena assumes Amelia called her to be Svena's snack. Apparently humans are a traditional pregnancy food for dragons.
• Bethesda announces to the entire clan the events of the previous night: They killed Estella of the Three Sisters, ending the war with that clan.
  Then, almost as an afterthought, she added, "I was also overthrown by the dragon standing beside me."
• Early on, Marci asks to go flying with Julius. Later, when she's drunk, this comes up again, in a context that Julius would be more appreciative of if his sister wasn't in the room.
  Marci: [sitting in Julius's lap] Let's just say there's more than one way to ride a dragon.
• After Marci wakes up, she initially thinks that she's dead—but due to her experiences with Ghost, she actually has a pretty good idea of what death feels like. She immediately decides that this hangover is worse. And then she remembers what she said to Julius.
• Marci and Ghost defeat Gregory in an awesome display of power, sending him flying away like a frightened bird. That's when Julius and Justin find her.
  "So let me get this straight," Justin said as Julius reluctantly turned away from Marci to face him. "You"—he pointed at Marci—"and your cat"—he pointed at Ghost, who'd poked his head out right through Julius's back like a freezing spike—"defeated Gregory, the G who made a giant show of himself yesterday by claiming that Julius wasn't hardcore enough to run a dragon clan? That Gregory?"
  "I guess?" Marci said with a shrug. "I mean, I'd never met him before, but unless there's another dragon named—"
  Justin's whoop of laughter cut her off. The Knight of the Heartstrikers doubled over, laughing so hard tears ran down his face. "Gregory," he gasped. "Mr. 'Terror of the Amazon,' defeated by a little... a little girl... and her pet cat."
  "Who are you calling 'little girl?'" Marci demanded. "I'm a year older than you are! And Ghost is not just a cat. He's a fearsome and powerful spirit."
  "He's fluffy." Justin cackled. "And Gregory's such a pompous—" He was laughing so hard he couldn't even finish. He did, however, manage to get his phone out of the pocket of his dark jeans, his large fingers clumsily gesturing through the floating AR display between fits of laughter.
  "What are you doing?" Julius asked after Justin's third failed attempt at... whatever he was trying to do.
  "What do you think?" Justin gasped, finally getting enough of a hold on himself to actually type. "I'm telling everyone. I don't care how they feel about the vote, this is too good not to share."