Hecate disapeared into the depths of the cave, and returned holding a round, glowing silver stone in his talons.

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Mialöldrí Let down the wards she'd set around her and Jedish, their forms visible in the thick foliage due to Jedish light coloring

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(hey, sorry for the silence! Been pretty busy the last few days, my bad. :))

Rao approached cautiously, moving slowly as Hecate returned with a sort of glowing, round orb. The orb didn't seem like just a regular stone - it seemed to emit some type of energy, drawing her to the object. Relnin kept his hand firmly on Rao's side, feeling slightly uneasy, but choosing to make certain Rao stayed next to him despite her curiosity.

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Tigimdarr snorted once more as he flew, smoke rising from his nose. Now, he was hungry again. Go figure. He didn't feel like diving into the lake, now. He felt more like going into his cave and sleeping for several days. Perhaps weeks. He hadn't decided yet. In fact, sleeping for years felt like more of his style.

His nose picked up the scent of dragon and elf again - the smell made him snort in annoyance. He could blame the smells on the wing tossing scents towards his nose from the east, but he knew better; a dragon's sense of smell was too superior to be foiled by something as simple as the weather.

His eyes picked up a flash of something in the undergrowth beneath him, and his eyes caught what appeared to be a dragon - but he was more focused on the small figure near it. An elf. He let out a quiet growl in response to this - what the hell was an elf doing all the way out here?

He didn't really want to deal with such things - he had already ran into too many reminders of his Rider, and he wasn't about to deal with an elf, of all things. An elf who seemed to be a Rider. "It seems the days of the Riders are coming once again." He pondered, snorting a little at his wistful attitude.
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Hecate place Tasal down on the earth before them reverently, and looked to Rao.

What have you brought me, Hecate? An elf and a young dragon? A pair? Ah. Come here, both of you.

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Shrondurn smelled Jedish and her rider before Tirr had even thought they were getting close. The dragon's nose twitched, scenting the other dragon and a twinge of magic. He swung his head and their direction staring towards the figures appearing in the distance. Tirr looked after him, slightly in awe of the dragon's senses, and followed quickly. He waved pleasantly to Mialöldrí despite his anxiety, if it wasn't her flying over the city, that confirmed his fears: more riders near them, and skilled ones at that.

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Mialöldrí Returned the wave with a smile, her body language hiding the true worry she was feeling. Those riders had been just as good, if not a little better than she was. The worrying part of it all was how close they were to normal villages. It was too close for comfort

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Tirr smiled back, jogging a little to stand up beside Shrondurn's massive head, which the dragon shook gently to rid itself of dew. The storm-coloured dragon sent a cordial message of greeting towards Jedish and settled his talons into the undergrowth as Tirr started explaining what had transpired to Mialöldrí.

"Hello Mialöldrí, Jedish." the half-elf offered a short bow, he didn't wait for a response before continuing frantically.

"You saw those dragons, right? One of them had a rider, but I dont think the other did. I don't think I've seen either dragon before- it wasn't that massive one, either. I was talking with Shrondurn while we looked for you and he doesn't know either... the townspeople are freaking out, too. I heard the guards around the market square, they think there's a den somewhere and want to go look for it. Sorry I didnt get here sooner." he stopped, breathless and slightly embarrassed at his fear.

Somewhere in his mind bond, he heard Shrondurn chuckle and mumble something about dragons.

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Mialöldrí nodded."don't be sorry for something you can not control. I see that he's grown large." Mialöldrí Said, gesturing to Shondurn. "What did he choose as his name?" She asked curiously as Jedish dipped her head slightly to watch the smaller dragon. Jedish was large for her gender and age and hadn't stopped growing

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Shrondurn looked up to Jedish, both literally and figuratively. He was on the smaller side of dragons, even if he was still growing, he wondered if he'd even get that noble-looking as he dipped his head respectfully.

"Shrondurn," answered Tirr, prompting the dragon to glance at him. "He told me not too long ago..."

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Jedish returned the gesture before she turned her attention back to Mialöldrí and Tirr.

"Shrindurn. I like that name." Mialöldrí Said with a grin. "It has a good...sound? To it" she said.

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Two dragons, now. One smaller than the other. Tigimdarr contemplated this as he watched from high up, snorting plumes of smoke. He could see the townspeople in Dras-Leona - they seemed to be scrambling, now, the guards mounting horses and holding spears. He assumed they had noticed all of the activity. He snorted again, this time with amusement; as if a bunch of puny humans would attempt to attack him. He whipped his head around and let out a loud, aggressive roar, watching with an almost amused expression as one of the men on horses toppled off of his mount in fear. Tigimdarr turned his head, beating his wings as he began to fly back north. A detour would be smart, however, he decided as he began to fly east.
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Relnin's head jerked back in surprise as he heard a voice enter his head. The voice did not seem human to him, and he was baffled as to how a rock was able to speak. Rao seemed equally surprised, but more curious than anything else, edging closer and sniffing, following the voice's instructions as she stepped closer to Hecate and the orb he held.

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Wuuthra followed as the dragons entered the Spine, ducking into the shadow of the mountains and picking up speed. He lost sight of them as they disappeared into the wooded landscape, his vision momentarily obscured by a plume of smoke rising from below. Urgals. he snorted lighty, paying them barely enough attention to seem like he cared before using his nose to follow the scent of the two dragons and their rider. He came upon a cave with a huge entrance - whatever lived here was big.

But no matter. he commented, giving as close to a grin as a dragon could as he circled, preparing to land.

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Durazur smiled coldly as they circled. “We’ll get them later, if the noise we make here doesn’t scare them off.”
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Tasal suddenly stabbed his mind into theirs, hunting for any hints of menace.

(Sry it’s short, in school)

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Tirr nodded, chuckling gently.

"Yeah," he agreed passively as Shrondurn gently bumped him with his wing.

'𝘐 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘷𝘦... 𝘪𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦. 𝘕𝘰 𝘋𝘳𝘢𝘨𝘰𝘯 𝘨𝘰𝘦𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘧𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵.', the stormy dragon directed into Tirr's mind.

The half-elf shuffled awkwardly under the careful and knowing gaze of both Shrondurn and Mialöldrí, sensing the edge in his dragon's mannerisms.

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Be careful" Mialöldrí catiouned."you don't want to get tangled up with dragons older and larger than your own." She said, tilting her chin to the sky above. "Jedish won't harm either of you, but I can't say the same for others." She said. "Have you flown yet?" She asked curiously

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Tirr perked to attention, "Yeah," he agreed again, ", especially not the ones we saw earlier."

He raised an eyebrow at the elf's question, mentally telling Shrondurn to hush as the dragon's '𝘐 𝘵𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘴𝘰!' rang through his mind.

"No, not yet." he admitted, "I wasn't sure if I- If we were ready."

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