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Not as much dragon blood? Tiki had never heard of a half dragon before, or a... less-blooded dragon? There had been no new dragons for hundreds of years! At least, that was what she had been told by other dragons back in her own world. Maybe the rules were different here. Or there. Come to think of it, FD had looked different from the Fire Dragons she was used to seeing. Anyone could still tell he was a Fire Dragon, though. That was obvious.

"Most of the negative laws? I, well... I don't really know what the laws were. I just was thrown out of the city one day." It sounded even stupider out loud. She could tell that she had missed out on A LOT. The chaos was too much for her, and it hadn't occurred to her to search for a pattern. It was too much to take at the time, especially since she was still quite clueless about her current locale.

But that could wait a little longer.

"Where is the house? Are you going to it now?" She replied eagrly.

Cut short indeed. Tiki hadn't forgotten about Ziaram, but it hadn't occurred to her that she wouldn't be able to catch up with him if she went with the dragons. She really didn't want to hurt his feelings. It wouldn't be fair if she just left him, especially when he had been so nice to her in the mountains, when no one else did.

But this was really important!

"Wait, Ziaram! She shouted quickly. I'm really sorry. I really do want to talk to you, but..."
She hardly ever had to do anything like this on her own. Why, she had no idea. Talking was easy sometimes, but other times it was not. The time she had spent in the human villages was so brief. And she had the hand of an elder dragon to hold all the way. Her time with humans (not just humans, but People!) was so warm, happy, and full of companionship, but so, so...

No one could tell her what to say now! She hadn't thought this far ahead!

"Uh... Are you going to stay in the city!? I mean, can I see you soon?"

Roy shook his head when his Uncle directed his thanks to him for what he did for the elder dragon the other night.

"If anyone deserves thanks for that, it's Blythe. I merely directed him towards you to heal when I saw you go down and helped cover him while he tended to your injuries. Besides, you would do the same for me if I was in your situation. We're family, after all. I'll always make sure you're safe, since I know a certain bard who'd be heartbroken if anything happened to you." he replied modestly, reaching over to pull the shorter Uncle in for a noogie.

After some bonding time with Nils (and getting pulled into a headlock by the shota before getting noogied), the young lord was invited over for dinner. It had been a while since the family had last gotten together for a meal. Even though they were one dragon short, the female dragon had been invited.

"I'll swing by there, certainly. Thank you for the invitation, Uncle." the young lord said, a small smile on his face.

The dragon girl was speaking with Ziaram now, and then Roy took a step back before giving a small bow.

"There's some things I need to take care of, but I'll certainly come by for dinner when I'm done with them." he said. "It was nice seeing you guys again, and nice meeting you, madam Dragoness. See you tonight."

And with that, the young lord set off on his own.

It was not long before he made it home. Along the way, he had watched Lance getting chased about by a tiger, and a Cat Laguz get chased by a girl or two. He had picked up some groceries from the market and proceeded to unlock the door. Once the door was open, he stepped inside. There was something under his boot from that first step. He set the basket down on the table before picking up the note someone had slipped under his door. His name was barely legible on the front, as if someone was in a rush to write it. He flipped it open and read its contents.



... What? He re-read the letter, but the contents hadn't changed. Ninian was leaving again, and what was worse, she didn't even bother saying that to him in person. Didn't have time to explain, huh? ... Well, she must have had her reasons. He was a bit curious as to why she had said finding her would only hurt the two of them and...

She had scratched her name out, and instead scribbled 'Your Mother' on it. Why the scratch-out? If she was going to write 'Your Mother', why bother putting her name on it in the first place? It just didn't make any sense. He was worried about her though. His eyes were hidden under his bangs as he thought of how to handle this, and in the end...

... He would deal with this after the war. Even though this was just as important, he couldn't just ditch everyone here at the end. He wouldn't make his Uncles worried about this, as they had enough on their plates without worrying about Ninian right now. After the war... yes, after the war. He would look for her after the war. He might not have had a good reason to go look for her now, but perhaps once Sentria and Mordache were stopped, he could have an answer.

“It’s right on the northwest edge of the city,” Nils cheerfully answered to Tiki, “as close as you can get to FEFGA’s manor while in the city, if you know where that is. We just came from there to see if all our friends who had been displaced because of the negated laws had returned, but we can head back now so you know exactly where it is first, if you’d wish.” Indeed, the dragons were curious and worried for all their friends, but showing where they lived to one of their own whom they’d just befriended was also important. Especially so in consideration of the observation that Tiki came off as intimidated and confused under the circumstances of not knowing the city too well or too many people in it.


“Oh, Blythe,” FD responded to Roy’s credit-deflecting explanation, “the healer that went with us?” The dragon hadn’t paid the Troubadour much attention, but he knew the boy had been in attendance when the Resistance went to confront Rogvald and at the meeting at the Manor before that. Other than that however, FD didn’t know anything about this Blythe; he made a mental note to thank him should the opportunity arise.

“Even if that’s so, your help was invaluable, so please accept our thanks.” The young lord was exactly right in his comment that Nils would be shattered should something have happened to FD, just as FD would be should something happen to Nils. “Take care until we see you tonight.”