Kitty, could he carry you and me to Castle Degranni?" "Ask the healer," Kitty replied.Kitty, could he carry you and me to Castle Degranni?" "Ask the healer," Kitty replied. "That's his call." Aaden departed, returned a few minutes later. "The healer says it's okay, as long as we let the Dragon rest the second he feels tired." "Okay." "Sergeant!" Aaden ordered. "Here, M'Lord." "Sergeant, you are to break camp in one hour and make for Degranni at best possible speed with your men. I will accompany the Dragon." "Yes, M'Lord. Good speed to you, sir." "And to you," Aaden replied. Pendor landed and offered his back to Kitty and Aaden, and they clambered on. Kitty noted with some amusement that Aaden gripped her tightly; he was clearly more than a little frightened by the power and strength she had befriended. "Is it always like this?" he shouted over the wind. "Like what?" "This... unnerving?" She laughed aloud and said, "I like it, M'Lord. I find it thrilling!" *I know you do.* "Voyeur!" she shouted at the dragon. "But I love you anyway!" *Good!* the dragon replied. The flight lasted less than two hours following the road before they reached Degranni. Aaden instructed her to land in the courtyard directly outside the Castle walls. |