Page 106 of Consort's Dragon
“Is there really any other choice?”
No.Zhos will destroy humanity.
“And everything else.”
A pause before,Most likely.
“Knowing this, you still won’t help?”
I’m flying you there, aren’t I?
“To save your friends.”
Dragons don’t have?—
“Don’t give me that crap.You obviously have some sentiment for the others, or you wouldn’t have offered to come.”
I do not wish to see my kind go extinct.A disgruntled admission.
“So what’s your plan then?Grab your friends and fly away?”
That would be the ideal scenario.
“Zhos will come for you.”
You sound like the little queen.
“Because she’s right and you know it.”
I don’t wish to die again.Nor do I wish to be the one banished to another realm.
“No one wants to die.”
Says the man embarking on a futile mission.
“Is it, though?Zhos has been trying awfully hard to kill Avera.There has to be a reason it fears her above all others.”
You know, when I was in my egg, I dreamed.I saw the strangest things like a little boy screaming as he rode down a staircase rail.Of flying with someone on my back.Of a place of ice with simmering volcanoes and valleys of green where the ocean waters were ripe with fish.
“And?”
I wonder if some of those dreams were visions of the future.And if I could experience those while in my dormant state, could it be Zhos did too?
“You think Zhos saw Avera succeeding.”
It does appear to be more actively working against her than others, so it’s not the fact she’s blooded that concerns it.Hence, it must be something she can or will do.
“Avera has no idea how to proceed.After all, if the guardians couldn’t find a solution in a thousand years, then how is she supposed to figure it out with only days left?”
Instinct?Argent proposed.In my experience, sometimes the most successful maneuvers were the ones with the least planning.
“My father used to say only fools rushed in.”
Your father, while a decent man, moved too slowly even with facts.I told him not to trust Basil.He chose to mull over my statement, and it led to his demise.
Griff scowled.“Not helpful.”
Just stating a fact.Trust the little tiara.Believe in her.For she is the only hope.
