Page 16 of Consort's Dragon
That sounds like a lengthy process.What if I’m hungry while waiting?
“Find another kraken.”
That was quite delicious.Salty but tender.Also very rare.I’ve only eaten five since my birth.Can the humans bring more?
“Ships usually avoid them.”
Pity.
“You’re awfully well-spoken.Did my father teach you our language?”
Dragons hatch with all their past memories, meaning I knew how to speak, although in the beginning, I didn’t use my words much.I was a tad angry.
“Wait, you remember your past life?”
Lives,it corrected.Dragons aren’t like humans, who spawn helpless beings that must be taught everything.We hatch with all the memories we acquired while in our past shape.
“Are you saying your mind doesn’t technically die?”
When a body expires, the egg within, which accumulates everything, retains that knowledge.
The very idea had Griff gaping.“So you remember everything you’ve ever experienced?”
Yes.
“How many times have you been regenerated?”
One hundred and seventy-three.Although, some of those lives were longer than others.And each one comes with a new name.
“Isn’t that confusing?”
No.
“If you recall your past lives, then you must have heard of Zhos.”
The dragon audibly hissed and launched itself into the air, flapping off into the descending dusk, leaving Griff alone.
Must have been something he said.
Chapter4
Ever since herconversation with Titus at dinner, Avera’s mind had been whirring.Hopeful and yet, at the same, time fearful of that hope.She had no way of finding out if Griff had survived.As far as she could tell, he’d been burned alive with Basil.
But what if he hadn’t?
They’d never actually checked, too busy fleeing in their grief.She now regretted that haste.Then again, logically she knew no one could have survived that inferno, inherited bloodline or not.
Prielli appeared shortly after dawn, creeping in quietly only to startle when Avera said, “Good morning.”
“Your majesty.”She dipped into a curtsy.“I thought you’d still be abed.”
“Then why come so early?”
“To be there when you awoke and ask if you’d like breakfast.”
“I would, thank you.”
“I’ll fetch a tray.”
