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Clearly, Sulu was not sleeping that night. After the attack by the borganah, all thoughts of sleep were out of her mind. She was still jittery from the event, though it had been brief. To think that her career - her quest - could have been over so quickly, so easily, caused by a Borganah of all things. When she died - and with a life like hers she was sure she would - she hoped that it would be at the claws of the great beasts she loved. It would be symbolic. Or ironic. Either that, or at the hands of powerful dragon hunters who hated her for her actions. That would be a valiant way to die, though she was sure they would horribly defile her body and take her feathers as trophies. It would, of course, be best if - in the act of killing her - she distracted them from their true prize, a dragon, and thus saved it.

She had definitely given her death much thought. She was a hero, and she would - she was sure - die beautifully and tragically. That was just what heros did. Their deaths then meant something, and were important. To die ignobly and humbly at the jaws of a borganah while trying to sleep was not even on the list of ways she wanted to go.

As she soared on exhausted wings above Serenia, she saw the third situation on her list begin to unfold as the red gleam of a notbjaovin's eyes glittered in the Serenian starlight. It stalked towards a young orderite just outside their habitation, clearly doing innocent nighttime chores, unaware of the danger. Silently, she skimmed above the Notbjaovin and tried to drop onto its back - she would rid the night of its menace and bring back some of her dignity. And, of course, save a young life.

The notbjaovin's reflexes, though, were advanced and suddenly, as she landed with a thud, it was meters away, its tail lashing. It scrutinized her with intelligent and cruel eyes before, with a feline swish of the tail, stalked away from the drakein, returning to the forest with feline grace.

Well, at least the child was protected. Suluksati watched from the fields as the little orderite went back inside.