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Kyrie nodded. "Good. Then while I'm gone, I'd like you to experiment with one of them, see if someone can be inside it when it's packed away. If it works, maybe we can simply have most people in the tent and in a bag and get in the city that way."

She looked around. "Uruloki!"

The great red dragon turned towards his mistress, then came and knelt next to her. "Yes?"

"We're going to Dekra." She climbed up onto his back. "And fast."

She settled in at the base of his neck, then turned to the others. "Anything else before I go?"

Kyrie nodded. "Good. Anyone else?"

The others shook their heads, and Kyrie nodded again. "Good. Then I'll be back shortly. And Mari, Mathias ... try not be a bad influence on the others."

She gave them a meaningful look. Mathias glared back at her, but Mari just laughed. "Go on. We'll be here."

"Good." Uruloki leaped into the air, wings spread wide; and in a moment, he and Kyrie were gone.

"I'm going to go help my family finish packing," Arphenion said; and he headed off towards his house.

Mari and Mathias however came along with Lin.

"What did Kyrie mean about space in the tents?" Mari asked Lin curiously as they headed back towards the children. "A tent is a tent, is it not?"

Andarien glanced up when Miyuki waved and saw Lin and the others coming towards them, and he smiled weakly and waved with just a few fingers. He wasn't feeling quite as nauseous anymore, though he was still feeling quite weak.

Lancaeriel and Wren were also there, and the two had been in deep discussion with Chesnet (with Lancaeriel doing the translating). When Lin, Mari and Mathias approached them, however, they stopped and turned towards them.

"So what's the verdict?" Chesnet asked them.

"Dekra," Mari replied, ignoring Mathias' scowl. "Kyrie's going to see if Tsara has room for us and is willing to take us in."

Chesnet didn't look too happy at the thought, but he simply nodded. "It's going to be fun getting in," he commented thoughtfully.

Mari, Mathias and Chesnet all looked confused, but Lancaeriel looked thoughtful.

"So what you are saying," she said slowly, "is that if we were to all go into a tent, and the tent were to go into a bag, then one of us could simply walk into the city, open the bag and tent wherever it is we're hoping to stay, and we would simply step out and be completely undetected?"

"I like that idea, if it means I get to sleep for a bit," Andarien murmured, closing his eyes. He was still pale, though he was no longer sweating.

"I doubt we would have to worry about bag searches," Mari murmured thoughtfully. "The soldiers do a very good job making sure no one has things they're not supposed to have, so they wouldn't have to worry about people bringing things into the city they shouldn't. I think they're more worried about things being taken out of the city, to be honest."

"Our fault," Mathias offered with a grunt. "Taking all those weapons and armour."

Mari smiled faintly. "Yes. And I'm wondering ... there may be a way to have us enter the city without any question at all. Provided, of course, that Tsara agrees to house us for our stay ..."

She trailed off thoughtfully and looked towards Arphenion and Dae'er's home.

Mari glanced at Lin. "It is well known by the General that Arphenion and Dae'er live out here. He has more or less ignored them since he took their firstborn son, but he does keep an eye on them. If as Kyrie suggests we make it look as if our homes have been destroyed by dragons, then it would only make sense that they would decide to move to the city to live with their last remaining family, even if she is closer under the General's eye."

She shrugged. "I'm merely suggesting that Arphenion and Dae'er could carry us into the city and to Tsara's house without suspicion. That is all."