" The thing is… I lost the lamp…" Aladdin laughed awkwardly as the others paused whatever they were doing, their minds trying to process it.
" HUH!!!" Everyone's eyes went as wide as saucers.
Ali Baba, given up on all the manners, spat his drink out. Zarqa was too taken aback to even scold him for that.
" You lost it?" Sindbad asked, dumbstruck.
" I did." Aladdin reaffirmed with a nonchalant smile.
Sindbad bounced on him, grabbing his neck and shaking him violently. " How?! How did you lose a Jinn?"
Aladdin laughed, averting his eyes. " Well… I've kept the lamp in the treasury and… since it was quite stuffed to the brim, I might have failed to notice that I've been robbed… quite a number of times, for that matter… Isn't this strange? This castle is warded up and down against any magician or Jinn… but robbers, though…" He continued to laugh awkwardly.
Sindbad staggered back and flapped down on his seat, apparently having lost any hope he had for Aladdin.
