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listening
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to
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Voice
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of
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Dog.
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This
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is
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Rob
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MacWolf,
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your
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fellow
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traveller,
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and
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Today’s
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story
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is “The
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Dragonslayer’s Quest”
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by Ryx,
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who also goes by Nachtfangen, who once wrote prolifically
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but
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now
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needs
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a
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new
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starter,
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battery,
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and
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engine
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to
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get
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his
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words
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rolling
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again.
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As
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Ryx
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he
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helped
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spawn the
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Metamor
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Keep
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story setting
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which
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is
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still
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going after
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almost 25
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years. As Nachfangen
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he
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tries.
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His
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stories
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can
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be
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found
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on
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Sofurry
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under the user name Nachtfangen.
Read by Rhubarb, Feathered Starfarer.
Please
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enjoy
The
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Dragonslayer’s
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Quest,
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by
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Ryx
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high
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mountain
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forest
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was
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lush
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and
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green,
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the
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day
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cool
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and
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bright.
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Puffy
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fair
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weather
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clouds
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dotted
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the
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sky
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like
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errant
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sheep.
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shadows
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and
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bright
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splashes
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of
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dappled
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sunlight
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rode
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a
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very
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curious
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sight.
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A
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man
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on
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horseback
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not,
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of
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itself,
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particularly
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curious
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to
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find
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but
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a knight
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riding
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alone
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without
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retinue
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it
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was,
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even
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then,
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not
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particularly
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curious.
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a knight
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bedecked
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in
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all
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hues
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of
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the
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rainbow
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was
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most
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certainly
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curious
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indeed.
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mounted
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knight’s
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armor
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a
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garish
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mixture
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of brilliant hues. His couriasse was a
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vibrant
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red
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that
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drank
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light
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without
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offering
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a
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gleam
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of
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polished
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metal
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in
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return.
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pauldrons
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deep
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indigo,
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greaves
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sabatons
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blue,
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vambraces
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gauntlets
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a
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silvery
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white.
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of
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smaller
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components
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that
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made
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up
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his
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plate
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were
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of
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different
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hues
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as
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well
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though
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not
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garish
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as
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outer
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shell.
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helm and
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the
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gambeson
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were
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both
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unrelieved
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his
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night
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black
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steed
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without
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its
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gloss.
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right
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of
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his
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high
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saddle
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hung
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a
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great
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sword
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purple
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scabbard
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a
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large
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kite
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shield
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of
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similar
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hue
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hung
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at
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his
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opposite
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side.
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contrast,
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the
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saddle
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and
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barding
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of
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the
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muscular
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destrier
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was
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a
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much
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less
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ostentatious
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affair
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in
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basic
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browns
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with
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little
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decoration,
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even
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the
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standard
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cup
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was
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empty
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revealing
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he rode
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for
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no
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lord
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or
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land.
He
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rode
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alone
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in
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the alpine
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forest,
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confident
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none
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would
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challenge
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him
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for
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he
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was
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a
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well armed
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rainbow,
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indeed.
High Knight
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of
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three
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different
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orders
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and
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association
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of
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a
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couple
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dozen
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others,
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Grand
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Marshal,
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commoner
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by
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birth
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and
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royal
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by
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station
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and deed,
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Jarl
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of Duer Ghaoth, Duke of Tyrn Al’Chagel Bar,
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and
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presumptive
327
00:02:46,680 --> 00:02:46,889:
heir
328
00:02:46,889 --> 00:02:47,009:
to
329
00:02:47,009 --> 00:02:47,129:
the
330
00:02:47,129 --> 00:02:47,430:
throne
331
00:02:47,430 --> 00:02:47,520:
of
332
00:02:47,520 --> 00:02:48,479:
Amyre,
333
00:02:48,479 --> 00:02:48,900:
Dragon
334
00:02:48,900 --> 00:02:49,379:
Slayer
335
00:02:49,379 --> 00:02:49,919:
Dirsche
336
00:02:49,919 --> 00:02:50,729:
Swinson
337
00:02:50,729 --> 00:02:51,360:
admired
338
00:02:51,360 --> 00:02:51,479:
the
339
00:02:51,479 --> 00:02:53,250:
day.
It
340
00:02:53,250 --> 00:02:53,490:
was
341
00:02:53,490 --> 00:02:53,909:
just
342
00:02:53,909 --> 00:02:54,150:
cool
343
00:02:54,150 --> 00:02:54,689:
enough
344
00:02:54,689 --> 00:02:55,020:
not
345
00:02:55,020 --> 00:02:55,110:
to
346
00:02:55,110 --> 00:02:55,560:
swelter
347
00:02:55,560 --> 00:02:55,919:
within
348
00:02:55,919 --> 00:02:56,189:
his
349
00:02:56,189 --> 00:02:57,090:
dragonhide
350
00:02:57,090 --> 00:02:57,870:
armor,
351
00:02:57,870 --> 00:02:57,990:
a
352
00:02:57,990 --> 00:02:58,560:
blessing
353
00:02:58,560 --> 00:02:58,919:
worth
354
00:02:58,919 --> 00:02:59,159:
his
355
00:02:59,159 --> 00:02:59,610:
mount’s
356
00:02:59,610 --> 00:02:59,969:
weight
357
00:02:59,969 --> 00:03:00,090:
in
358
00:03:00,090 --> 00:03:00,629:
silver,
359
00:03:00,629 --> 00:03:00,780:
he
360
00:03:00,780 --> 00:03:00,960:
would
361
00:03:00,960 --> 00:03:01,949:
admit.
362
00:03:01,949 --> 00:03:02,069:
The
363
00:03:02,069 --> 00:03:02,550:
sky
364
00:03:02,550 --> 00:03:02,759:
was
365
00:03:02,759 --> 00:03:02,819:
a
366
00:03:02,819 --> 00:03:03,389:
vibrant
367
00:03:03,389 --> 00:03:03,810:
blue
368
00:03:03,810 --> 00:03:03,930:
and
369
00:03:03,930 --> 00:03:04,050:
the
370
00:03:04,050 --> 00:03:04,590:
breeze
371
00:03:04,590 --> 00:03:05,370:
refreshingly
372
00:03:05,370 --> 00:03:05,819:
crisp
373
00:03:05,819 --> 00:03:06,030:
through
374
00:03:06,030 --> 00:03:06,120:
the
375
00:03:06,120 --> 00:03:06,569:
visor
376
00:03:06,569 --> 00:03:06,900:
slit
377
00:03:06,900 --> 00:03:06,990:
of
378
00:03:06,990 --> 00:03:07,139:
his
379
00:03:07,139 --> 00:03:08,189:
helm.
380
00:03:08,189 --> 00:03:08,340:
The
381
00:03:08,340 --> 00:03:08,951:
mountain
382
00:03:08,951 --> 00:03:09,360:
smelled
383
00:03:09,360 --> 00:03:09,479:
of
384
00:03:09,479 --> 00:03:10,229:
green,
385
00:03:10,229 --> 00:03:10,710:
rich
386
00:03:10,710 --> 00:03:11,370:
earth,
387
00:03:11,370 --> 00:03:11,639:
and
388
00:03:11,639 --> 00:03:12,569:
pristine
389
00:03:12,569 --> 00:03:13,289:
water,
390
00:03:13,289 --> 00:03:13,439:
the
391
00:03:13,439 --> 00:03:14,099:
forest
392
00:03:14,099 --> 00:03:14,909:
unbroken
393
00:03:14,909 --> 00:03:15,120:
for
394
00:03:15,120 --> 00:03:16,500:
leagues.
395
00:03:16,500 --> 00:03:16,620:
There
396
00:03:16,620 --> 00:03:16,800:
was
397
00:03:16,800 --> 00:03:17,129:
neither
398
00:03:17,129 --> 00:03:17,789:
homestead
399
00:03:17,789 --> 00:03:18,090:
nor
400
00:03:18,090 --> 00:03:18,479:
town
401
00:03:18,479 --> 00:03:18,750:
within
402
00:03:18,750 --> 00:03:18,780:
a
403
00:03:18,780 --> 00:03:19,110:
half
404
00:03:19,110 --> 00:03:19,379:
day’s
405
00:03:19,379 --> 00:03:19,800:
walk
406
00:03:19,800 --> 00:03:20,250:
allowing
407
00:03:20,250 --> 00:03:20,460:
him
408
00:03:20,460 --> 00:03:20,819:
much
409
00:03:20,819 --> 00:03:21,389:
enjoyed
410
00:03:21,389 --> 00:03:21,719:
peace
411
00:03:21,719 --> 00:03:21,810:
and
412
00:03:21,810 --> 00:03:23,939:
solitude.
Quite
413
00:03:23,939 --> 00:03:24,240:
too
414
00:03:24,240 --> 00:03:24,539:
good
415
00:03:24,539 --> 00:03:24,659:
to
416
00:03:24,659 --> 00:03:24,840:
be
417
00:03:24,840 --> 00:03:24,990:
out
418
00:03:24,990 --> 00:03:25,379:
hunting
419
00:03:25,379 --> 00:03:25,590:
yet
420
00:03:25,590 --> 00:03:25,949:
another
421
00:03:25,949 --> 00:03:27,330:
dragon.
He
422
00:03:27,330 --> 00:03:27,509:
was
423
00:03:27,509 --> 00:03:27,840:
alone
424
00:03:27,840 --> 00:03:27,960:
on
425
00:03:27,960 --> 00:03:28,110:
his
426
00:03:28,110 --> 00:03:28,500:
hunt,
427
00:03:28,500 --> 00:03:28,740:
as
428
00:03:28,740 --> 00:03:28,919:
was
429
00:03:28,919 --> 00:03:29,039:
his
430
00:03:29,039 --> 00:03:29,789:
wont,
431
00:03:29,789 --> 00:03:30,090:
having
432
00:03:30,090 --> 00:03:30,599:
lost
433
00:03:30,599 --> 00:03:30,750:
his
434
00:03:30,750 --> 00:03:31,379:
hangers' on
435
00:03:31,379 --> 00:03:31,710:
long
436
00:03:31,710 --> 00:03:32,400:
ago,
437
00:03:32,400 --> 00:03:33,090:
eschewing
438
00:03:33,090 --> 00:03:33,389:
their
439
00:03:33,389 --> 00:03:34,020:
servile
440
00:03:34,020 --> 00:03:34,650:
pampering
441
00:03:34,650 --> 00:03:34,830:
and
442
00:03:34,830 --> 00:03:35,370:
whispering
443
00:03:35,370 --> 00:03:35,460:
in
444
00:03:35,460 --> 00:03:35,610:
his
445
00:03:35,610 --> 00:03:35,909:
ear
446
00:03:35,909 --> 00:03:36,030:
to
447
00:03:36,030 --> 00:03:36,389:
further
448
00:03:36,389 --> 00:03:36,689:
some
449
00:03:36,689 --> 00:03:37,289:
political
450
00:03:37,289 --> 00:03:38,099:
machination
451
00:03:38,099 --> 00:03:38,219:
or
452
00:03:38,219 --> 00:03:38,879:
another,
453
00:03:38,879 --> 00:03:39,180:
all
454
00:03:39,180 --> 00:03:39,479:
too
455
00:03:39,479 --> 00:03:39,930:
often
456
00:03:39,930 --> 00:03:40,080:
to
457
00:03:40,080 --> 00:03:40,259:
their
458
00:03:40,259 --> 00:03:40,469:
own
459
00:03:40,469 --> 00:03:42,180:
benefit.
Dirsche
460
00:03:42,180 --> 00:03:42,360:
had
461
00:03:42,360 --> 00:03:42,539:
been
462
00:03:42,539 --> 00:03:42,960:
raised
463
00:03:42,960 --> 00:03:43,349:
tending
464
00:03:43,349 --> 00:03:43,830:
pigs,
465
00:03:43,830 --> 00:03:44,129:
not
466
00:03:44,129 --> 00:03:45,330:
princedoms,
467
00:03:45,330 --> 00:03:45,479:
and
468
00:03:45,479 --> 00:03:46,020:
preferred
469
00:03:46,020 --> 00:03:46,110:
the
470
00:03:46,110 --> 00:03:46,590:
simple
471
00:03:46,590 --> 00:03:46,830:
life
472
00:03:46,830 --> 00:03:46,949:
of
473
00:03:46,949 --> 00:03:46,979:
a
474
00:03:46,979 --> 00:03:48,120:
commoner.
475
00:03:48,120 --> 00:03:48,330:
He
476
00:03:48,330 --> 00:03:48,840:
certainly
477
00:03:48,840 --> 00:03:49,080:
did
478
00:03:49,080 --> 00:03:49,319:
have
479
00:03:49,319 --> 00:03:49,469:
his
480
00:03:49,469 --> 00:03:50,280:
ideals,
481
00:03:50,280 --> 00:03:50,550:
and
482
00:03:50,550 --> 00:03:51,180:
unvoiced
483
00:03:51,180 --> 00:03:51,659:
political
484
00:03:51,659 --> 00:03:51,930:
aims
485
00:03:51,930 --> 00:03:52,110:
which
486
00:03:52,110 --> 00:03:52,560:
seldom
487
00:03:52,560 --> 00:03:53,099:
aligned
488
00:03:53,099 --> 00:03:53,219:
to
489
00:03:53,219 --> 00:03:53,520:
the
490
00:03:53,520 --> 00:03:53,879:
voices
491
00:03:53,879 --> 00:03:54,419:
whispering
492
00:03:54,419 --> 00:03:54,539:
in
493
00:03:54,539 --> 00:03:54,689:
his
494
00:03:54,689 --> 00:03:55,590:
ear.
495
00:03:55,590 --> 00:03:55,770:
But
496
00:03:55,770 --> 00:03:55,830:
it
497
00:03:55,830 --> 00:03:56,009:
was
498
00:03:56,009 --> 00:03:56,340:
not
499
00:03:56,340 --> 00:03:56,610:
yet
500
00:03:56,610 --> 00:03:57,060:
time
501
00:03:57,060 --> 00:03:57,210:
to
502
00:03:57,210 --> 00:03:57,689:
proclaim
503
00:03:57,689 --> 00:03:58,919:
them.
That
504
00:03:58,919 --> 00:03:59,219:
time
505
00:03:59,219 --> 00:03:59,400:
would
506
00:03:59,400 --> 00:03:59,520:
be
507
00:03:59,520 --> 00:03:59,909:
coming,
508
00:03:59,909 --> 00:04:00,750:
however,
509
00:04:00,750 --> 00:04:01,139:
once
510
00:04:01,139 --> 00:04:01,259:
he
511
00:04:01,259 --> 00:04:01,770:
completed
512
00:04:01,770 --> 00:04:01,949:
his
513
00:04:01,949 --> 00:04:02,340:
latest
514
00:04:02,340 --> 00:04:03,930:
task.
Ah,
515
00:04:03,930 --> 00:04:04,110:
but
516
00:04:04,110 --> 00:04:04,439:
how
517
00:04:04,439 --> 00:04:04,949:
different
518
00:04:04,949 --> 00:04:05,250:
life
519
00:04:05,250 --> 00:04:05,520:
would've
520
00:04:05,520 --> 00:04:05,729:
been
521
00:04:05,729 --> 00:04:05,819:
if
522
00:04:05,819 --> 00:04:05,939:
he
523
00:04:05,939 --> 00:04:06,120:
had
524
00:04:06,120 --> 00:04:06,389:
not
525
00:04:06,389 --> 00:04:06,810:
thrust
526
00:04:06,810 --> 00:04:07,020:
his
527
00:04:07,020 --> 00:04:07,590:
baron's
528
00:04:07,590 --> 00:04:07,889:
boar
529
00:04:07,889 --> 00:04:08,250:
spear
530
00:04:08,250 --> 00:04:08,460:
into
531
00:04:08,460 --> 00:04:08,669:
one
532
00:04:08,669 --> 00:04:08,729:
of
533
00:04:08,729 --> 00:04:08,819:
the
534
00:04:08,819 --> 00:04:09,180:
few
535
00:04:09,180 --> 00:04:09,689:
vulnerable
536
00:04:09,689 --> 00:04:10,202:
spots
537
00:04:10,202 --> 00:04:10,292:
on
538
00:04:10,292 --> 00:04:10,439:
the
539
00:04:10,439 --> 00:04:10,860:
Black
540
00:04:10,860 --> 00:04:11,849:
Terror,
541
00:04:11,849 --> 00:04:12,569:
the dragon
542
00:04:12,569 --> 00:04:14,789:
Ygdransair. He had been
543
00:04:14,789 --> 00:04:14,969:
but
544
00:04:14,969 --> 00:04:15,030:
a
545
00:04:15,030 --> 00:04:15,419:
lad
546
00:04:15,419 --> 00:04:15,509:
of
547
00:04:15,509 --> 00:04:15,900:
twelve,
548
00:04:15,900 --> 00:04:16,019:
at
549
00:04:16,019 --> 00:04:16,110:
the
550
00:04:16,110 --> 00:04:16,800:
time,
551
00:04:16,800 --> 00:04:16,949:
and
552
00:04:16,949 --> 00:04:17,040:
the
553
00:04:17,040 --> 00:04:17,850:
rampaging
554
00:04:17,850 --> 00:04:18,360:
dragon
555
00:04:18,360 --> 00:04:18,600:
had
556
00:04:18,600 --> 00:04:18,959:
laid
557
00:04:18,959 --> 00:04:19,410:
waste
558
00:04:19,410 --> 00:04:19,500:
to
559
00:04:19,500 --> 00:04:19,620:
the
560
00:04:19,620 --> 00:04:19,949:
village
561
00:04:19,949 --> 00:04:20,069:
of
562
00:04:20,069 --> 00:04:20,220:
his
563
00:04:20,220 --> 00:04:21,149:
birth.
564
00:04:21,149 --> 00:04:21,449:
Many
565
00:04:21,449 --> 00:04:22,079:
died,
566
00:04:22,079 --> 00:04:22,439:
many
567
00:04:22,439 --> 00:04:23,370:
fled,
568
00:04:23,370 --> 00:04:23,490:
a
569
00:04:23,490 --> 00:04:24,029:
small
570
00:04:24,029 --> 00:04:24,360:
number
571
00:04:24,360 --> 00:04:24,600:
had
572
00:04:24,600 --> 00:04:24,899:
sought
573
00:04:24,899 --> 00:04:25,410:
shelter
574
00:04:25,410 --> 00:04:25,500:
in
575
00:04:25,500 --> 00:04:25,589:
the
576
00:04:25,589 --> 00:04:26,189:
remains
577
00:04:26,189 --> 00:04:26,310:
when
578
00:04:26,310 --> 00:04:26,430:
the
579
00:04:26,430 --> 00:04:26,819:
king’s
580
00:04:26,819 --> 00:04:27,120:
knights
581
00:04:27,120 --> 00:04:28,410:
arrived.
The
582
00:04:28,410 --> 00:04:28,949:
black
583
00:04:28,949 --> 00:04:29,399:
beast
584
00:04:29,399 --> 00:04:29,910:
slew
585
00:04:29,910 --> 00:04:30,329:
half
586
00:04:30,329 --> 00:04:30,449:
of
587
00:04:30,449 --> 00:04:30,990:
them,
588
00:04:30,990 --> 00:04:31,379:
taking
589
00:04:31,379 --> 00:04:31,410:
a
590
00:04:31,410 --> 00:04:31,949:
stand
591
00:04:31,949 --> 00:04:32,310:
against
592
00:04:32,310 --> 00:04:32,670:
those
593
00:04:32,670 --> 00:04:32,759:
who
594
00:04:32,759 --> 00:04:33,269:
remained
595
00:04:33,269 --> 00:04:33,360:
in
596
00:04:33,360 --> 00:04:33,839:
what was
597
00:04:33,839 --> 00:04:34,142:
left of
598
00:04:34,142 --> 00:04:34,292:
the
599
00:04:34,292 --> 00:04:34,860:
Swineson
600
00:04:34,860 --> 00:04:35,699:
farmstead
601
00:04:35,699 --> 00:04:35,970:
where
602
00:04:35,970 --> 00:04:36,540:
Dirsche
603
00:04:36,540 --> 00:04:37,050:
alone
604
00:04:37,050 --> 00:04:37,980:
remained,
605
00:04:37,980 --> 00:04:38,490:
hiding
606
00:04:38,490 --> 00:04:38,579:
in
607
00:04:38,579 --> 00:04:38,639:
a
608
00:04:38,639 --> 00:04:39,329:
smashed
609
00:04:39,329 --> 00:04:39,839:
sty
610
00:04:39,839 --> 00:04:40,199:
among
611
00:04:40,199 --> 00:04:40,589:
dead
612
00:04:40,589 --> 00:04:40,769:
and
613
00:04:40,769 --> 00:04:41,220:
dying
614
00:04:41,220 --> 00:04:43,500:
pigs.
Six
615
00:04:43,500 --> 00:04:43,620:
of
616
00:04:43,620 --> 00:04:43,769:
the
617
00:04:43,769 --> 00:04:44,310:
original
618
00:04:44,310 --> 00:04:45,779:
fourteen knights
619
00:04:45,779 --> 00:04:46,589:
remained
620
00:04:46,589 --> 00:04:46,769:
and
621
00:04:46,769 --> 00:04:47,069:
set
622
00:04:47,069 --> 00:04:47,459:
upon
623
00:04:47,459 --> 00:04:47,550:
the
624
00:04:47,550 --> 00:04:48,029:
dragon
625
00:04:48,029 --> 00:04:48,149:
from
626
00:04:48,149 --> 00:04:48,300:
all
627
00:04:48,300 --> 00:04:48,930:
sides,
628
00:04:48,930 --> 00:04:49,560:
goading
629
00:04:49,560 --> 00:04:49,680:
and
630
00:04:49,680 --> 00:04:50,399:
stabbing
631
00:04:50,399 --> 00:04:50,550:
at
632
00:04:50,550 --> 00:04:50,639:
it
633
00:04:50,639 --> 00:04:50,790:
with
634
00:04:50,790 --> 00:04:55,500:
great spears of ensorceled wood and adamant heads. One
635
00:04:55,500 --> 00:04:55,860:
spear
636
00:04:55,860 --> 00:04:56,100:
came
637
00:04:56,100 --> 00:04:56,189:
to
638
00:04:56,189 --> 00:04:56,699:
rest
639
00:04:56,699 --> 00:04:57,060:
feet
640
00:04:57,060 --> 00:04:57,329:
from
641
00:04:57,329 --> 00:04:57,629:
where
642
00:04:57,629 --> 00:04:58,050:
Dirsche
643
00:04:58,050 --> 00:04:58,860:
sheltered,
644
00:04:58,860 --> 00:04:59,129:
its
645
00:04:59,129 --> 00:04:59,550:
bearer
646
00:04:59,550 --> 00:05:00,329:
catapulted
647
00:05:00,329 --> 00:05:00,540:
out
648
00:05:00,540 --> 00:05:00,600:
of
649
00:05:00,600 --> 00:05:00,990:
sight
650
00:05:00,990 --> 00:05:01,170:
by
651
00:05:01,170 --> 00:05:01,230:
a
652
00:05:01,230 --> 00:05:01,680:
mighty
653
00:05:01,680 --> 00:05:02,220:
sweep
654
00:05:02,220 --> 00:05:02,310:
of
655
00:05:02,310 --> 00:05:02,430:
the
656
00:05:02,430 --> 00:05:02,850:
great
657
00:05:02,850 --> 00:05:03,240:
black
658
00:05:03,240 --> 00:05:04,470:
tail.
One
659
00:05:04,470 --> 00:05:05,279:
more knight
660
00:05:05,279 --> 00:05:05,759:
fell
661
00:05:05,759 --> 00:05:05,879:
on
662
00:05:05,879 --> 00:05:06,000:
the
663
00:05:06,000 --> 00:05:06,300:
next
664
00:05:06,300 --> 00:05:06,959:
charge,
665
00:05:06,959 --> 00:05:07,379:
forcing
666
00:05:07,379 --> 00:05:07,470:
the
667
00:05:07,470 --> 00:05:07,889:
dragon
668
00:05:07,889 --> 00:05:08,009:
that
669
00:05:08,009 --> 00:05:08,160:
was
670
00:05:08,160 --> 00:05:08,639:
many
671
00:05:08,639 --> 00:05:09,060:
times
672
00:05:09,060 --> 00:05:09,120:
the
673
00:05:09,120 --> 00:05:09,509:
size
674
00:05:09,509 --> 00:05:09,629:
of
675
00:05:09,629 --> 00:05:10,019:
they and
676
00:05:10,019 --> 00:05:10,199:
their
677
00:05:10,199 --> 00:05:10,610:
mounts
678
00:05:10,610 --> 00:05:10,800:
by
679
00:05:10,800 --> 00:05:11,550:
multiples
680
00:05:11,550 --> 00:05:11,670:
of
681
00:05:11,670 --> 00:05:12,449:
ten,
682
00:05:12,449 --> 00:05:13,019:
back
683
00:05:13,019 --> 00:05:14,160:
grudging
684
00:05:14,160 --> 00:05:14,399:
step
685
00:05:14,399 --> 00:05:14,610:
by
686
00:05:14,610 --> 00:05:15,689:
step.
687
00:05:15,689 --> 00:05:16,709:
Dirsche,
688
00:05:16,709 --> 00:05:16,860:
in
689
00:05:16,860 --> 00:05:16,920:
a
690
00:05:16,920 --> 00:05:17,310:
fit
691
00:05:17,310 --> 00:05:17,430:
of
692
00:05:17,430 --> 00:05:18,089:
terrified
693
00:05:18,089 --> 00:05:18,839:
desperation,
694
00:05:18,839 --> 00:05:19,529:
snatched
695
00:05:19,529 --> 00:05:19,620:
up
696
00:05:19,620 --> 00:05:19,709:
the
697
00:05:19,709 --> 00:05:20,670:
spear.
At
698
00:05:20,670 --> 00:05:20,850:
his
699
00:05:20,850 --> 00:05:21,300:
first
700
00:05:21,300 --> 00:05:21,660:
touch
701
00:05:21,660 --> 00:05:21,959:
upon
702
00:05:21,959 --> 00:05:22,050:
the
703
00:05:22,050 --> 00:05:22,589:
smooth
704
00:05:22,589 --> 00:05:22,860:
wooden
705
00:05:22,860 --> 00:05:23,610:
shaft
706
00:05:23,610 --> 00:05:23,879:
the
707
00:05:23,879 --> 00:05:24,509:
aura of
708
00:05:24,509 --> 00:05:24,990:
dragon
709
00:05:24,990 --> 00:05:25,439:
terror
710
00:05:25,439 --> 00:05:26,610:
evaporated,
711
00:05:26,610 --> 00:05:27,120:
whisked
712
00:05:27,120 --> 00:05:27,600:
away
713
00:05:27,600 --> 00:05:27,930:
leaving
714
00:05:27,930 --> 00:05:28,500:
behind
715
00:05:28,500 --> 00:05:28,800:
no
716
00:05:28,800 --> 00:05:29,040:
more
717
00:05:29,040 --> 00:05:29,490:
fear
718
00:05:29,490 --> 00:05:29,639:
than
719
00:05:29,639 --> 00:05:29,759:
the
720
00:05:29,759 --> 00:05:30,269:
caution
721
00:05:30,269 --> 00:05:30,389:
he
722
00:05:30,389 --> 00:05:30,569:
might
723
00:05:30,569 --> 00:05:30,660:
have
724
00:05:30,660 --> 00:05:31,079:
felt
725
00:05:31,079 --> 00:05:31,319:
when
726
00:05:31,319 --> 00:05:31,800:
facing
727
00:05:31,800 --> 00:05:32,160:
down
728
00:05:32,160 --> 00:05:32,310:
an
729
00:05:32,310 --> 00:05:32,730:
angry
730
00:05:32,730 --> 00:05:34,139:
sow.
731
00:05:34,139 --> 00:05:34,500:
Pulling
732
00:05:34,500 --> 00:05:34,589:
the
733
00:05:34,589 --> 00:05:34,920:
spear
734
00:05:34,920 --> 00:05:35,100:
to
735
00:05:35,100 --> 00:05:35,790:
himself
736
00:05:35,790 --> 00:05:36,269:
Dirsche
737
00:05:36,269 --> 00:05:36,990:
crouched
738
00:05:36,990 --> 00:05:37,139:
and
739
00:05:37,139 --> 00:05:37,680:
grasped
740
00:05:37,680 --> 00:05:37,769:
the
741
00:05:37,769 --> 00:05:38,459:
shaft,
742
00:05:38,459 --> 00:05:38,939:
waiting
743
00:05:38,939 --> 00:05:39,089:
for
744
00:05:39,089 --> 00:05:39,509:
some
745
00:05:39,509 --> 00:05:39,930:
opening
746
00:05:39,930 --> 00:05:40,050:
he
747
00:05:40,050 --> 00:05:40,199:
could
748
00:05:40,199 --> 00:05:40,709:
use,
749
00:05:40,709 --> 00:05:40,860:
or
750
00:05:40,860 --> 00:05:40,980:
to
751
00:05:40,980 --> 00:05:41,129:
be
752
00:05:41,129 --> 00:05:41,670:
stepped
753
00:05:41,670 --> 00:05:42,000:
upon
754
00:05:42,000 --> 00:05:42,120:
as
755
00:05:42,120 --> 00:05:42,240:
the
756
00:05:42,240 --> 00:05:42,720:
dragon
757
00:05:42,720 --> 00:05:43,379:
retreated
758
00:05:43,379 --> 00:05:43,949:
closer
759
00:05:43,949 --> 00:05:44,754:
toward the sty it
760
00:05:44,754 --> 00:05:44,910:
had
761
00:05:44,910 --> 00:05:45,269:
already
762
00:05:45,269 --> 00:05:45,899:
smashed to
763
00:05:45,899 --> 00:05:47,430:
faggots.
And
764
00:05:47,430 --> 00:05:48,000:
then
765
00:05:48,000 --> 00:05:49,170:
Baron Thadell,
766
00:05:49,170 --> 00:05:49,290:
the
767
00:05:49,290 --> 00:05:49,769:
local
768
00:05:49,769 --> 00:05:50,579:
Lord,
769
00:05:50,579 --> 00:05:50,790:
was
770
00:05:50,790 --> 00:05:51,329:
swiped
771
00:05:51,329 --> 00:05:51,480:
from
772
00:05:51,480 --> 00:05:51,660:
his
773
00:05:51,660 --> 00:05:52,199:
saddle,
774
00:05:52,199 --> 00:05:53,040:
pinwheeling
775
00:05:53,040 --> 00:05:53,670:
thrice
776
00:05:53,670 --> 00:05:54,029:
before
777
00:05:54,029 --> 00:05:54,660:
plowing
778
00:05:54,660 --> 00:05:54,870:
into
779
00:05:54,870 --> 00:05:55,199:
what
780
00:05:55,199 --> 00:05:55,649:
remained
781
00:05:55,649 --> 00:05:55,740:
of
782
00:05:55,740 --> 00:05:55,829:
the
783
00:05:55,829 --> 00:05:56,430:
Swinson’s
784
00:05:56,430 --> 00:05:57,240:
croft,
785
00:05:57,240 --> 00:05:57,569:
his
786
00:05:57,569 --> 00:05:57,990:
armor
787
00:05:57,990 --> 00:05:58,860:
shredded
788
00:05:58,860 --> 00:05:59,009:
to
789
00:05:59,009 --> 00:05:59,790:
ruin
790
00:05:59,790 --> 00:05:59,970:
and
791
00:05:59,970 --> 00:06:00,089:
the
792
00:06:00,089 --> 00:06:00,600:
flesh
793
00:06:00,600 --> 00:06:01,410:
beneath
794
00:06:01,410 --> 00:06:02,879:
worse.
795
00:06:02,879 --> 00:06:03,389:
That
796
00:06:03,389 --> 00:06:03,540:
was
797
00:06:03,540 --> 00:06:03,720:
when
798
00:06:03,720 --> 00:06:03,810:
the
799
00:06:03,810 --> 00:06:04,086:
boy
800
00:06:04,086 --> 00:06:04,319:
saw
801
00:06:04,319 --> 00:06:04,439:
his
802
00:06:04,439 --> 00:06:05,160:
opening,
803
00:06:05,160 --> 00:06:05,370:
one
804
00:06:05,370 --> 00:06:05,459:
of
805
00:06:05,459 --> 00:06:05,550:
the
806
00:06:05,550 --> 00:06:06,000:
few
807
00:06:06,000 --> 00:06:06,509:
places
808
00:06:06,509 --> 00:06:06,629:
the
809
00:06:06,629 --> 00:06:06,990:
dragon
810
00:06:06,990 --> 00:06:07,170:
was
811
00:06:07,170 --> 00:06:07,680:
vulnerable
812
00:06:07,680 --> 00:06:07,800:
as
813
00:06:07,800 --> 00:06:07,920:
it
814
00:06:07,920 --> 00:06:08,310:
stood
815
00:06:08,310 --> 00:06:08,910:
astride
816
00:06:08,910 --> 00:06:09,000:
the
817
00:06:09,000 --> 00:06:09,569:
sty
818
00:06:09,569 --> 00:06:09,899:
and
819
00:06:09,899 --> 00:06:10,500:
bellowed
820
00:06:10,500 --> 00:06:10,680:
its
821
00:06:10,680 --> 00:06:11,129:
rage
822
00:06:11,129 --> 00:06:11,220:
at
823
00:06:11,220 --> 00:06:11,310:
the
824
00:06:11,310 --> 00:06:11,639:
four
825
00:06:11,639 --> 00:06:12,089:
remaining
826
00:06:12,089 --> 00:06:13,740:
knights.
Grasping
827
00:06:13,740 --> 00:06:13,860:
the
828
00:06:13,860 --> 00:06:14,279:
spear
829
00:06:14,279 --> 00:06:14,430:
and
830
00:06:14,430 --> 00:06:14,819:
raising
831
00:06:14,819 --> 00:06:14,939:
it
832
00:06:14,939 --> 00:06:15,540:
aloft
833
00:06:15,540 --> 00:06:16,049:
Dirsche
834
00:06:16,049 --> 00:06:16,740:
stormed
835
00:06:16,740 --> 00:06:16,889:
from
836
00:06:16,889 --> 00:06:17,040:
his
837
00:06:17,040 --> 00:06:17,399:
shelter
838
00:06:17,399 --> 00:06:17,730:
without
839
00:06:17,730 --> 00:06:17,790:
a
840
00:06:17,790 --> 00:06:18,569:
cry,
841
00:06:18,569 --> 00:06:18,990:
aiming
842
00:06:18,990 --> 00:06:19,139:
for
843
00:06:19,139 --> 00:06:19,259:
the
844
00:06:19,259 --> 00:06:19,709:
weakness
845
00:06:19,709 --> 00:06:19,829:
he
846
00:06:19,829 --> 00:06:19,949:
had
847
00:06:19,949 --> 00:06:20,490:
spied
848
00:06:20,490 --> 00:06:20,910:
beneath
849
00:06:20,910 --> 00:06:21,000:
the
850
00:06:21,000 --> 00:06:21,569:
dragon’s
851
00:06:21,569 --> 00:06:22,050:
lashing
852
00:06:22,050 --> 00:06:23,220:
tail.
With
853
00:06:23,220 --> 00:06:23,639:
all
854
00:06:23,639 --> 00:06:23,730:
of
855
00:06:23,730 --> 00:06:23,850:
the
856
00:06:23,850 --> 00:06:24,569:
strength,
857
00:06:24,569 --> 00:06:24,750:
which
858
00:06:24,750 --> 00:06:24,930:
was
859
00:06:24,930 --> 00:06:25,199:
not
860
00:06:25,199 --> 00:06:26,100:
inconsiderable
861
00:06:26,100 --> 00:06:26,279:
for
862
00:06:26,279 --> 00:06:26,339:
a
863
00:06:26,339 --> 00:06:26,970:
hard working
864
00:06:26,970 --> 00:06:27,240:
lad
865
00:06:27,240 --> 00:06:27,300:
of
866
00:06:27,300 --> 00:06:28,079:
twelve,
867
00:06:28,079 --> 00:06:28,290:
he
868
00:06:28,290 --> 00:06:28,829:
drove
869
00:06:28,829 --> 00:06:28,949:
the
870
00:06:28,949 --> 00:06:29,550:
spear
871
00:06:29,550 --> 00:06:29,970:
up
872
00:06:29,970 --> 00:06:30,180:
and
873
00:06:30,180 --> 00:06:30,990:
forward
874
00:06:30,990 --> 00:06:31,350:
even
875
00:06:31,350 --> 00:06:31,529:
as
876
00:06:31,529 --> 00:06:31,649:
the
877
00:06:31,649 --> 00:06:32,189:
dragon
878
00:06:32,189 --> 00:06:32,699:
backed
879
00:06:32,699 --> 00:06:32,879:
up
880
00:06:32,879 --> 00:06:33,269:
before
881
00:06:33,269 --> 00:06:33,629:
another
882
00:06:33,629 --> 00:06:35,009:
charge.
883
00:06:35,009 --> 00:06:35,610:
Unerringly
884
00:06:35,610 --> 00:06:35,699:
the
885
00:06:35,699 --> 00:06:36,180:
spear
886
00:06:36,180 --> 00:06:36,509:
found
887
00:06:36,509 --> 00:06:36,660:
its
888
00:06:36,660 --> 00:06:37,319:
target,
889
00:06:37,319 --> 00:06:38,129:
sinking
890
00:06:38,129 --> 00:06:38,970:
unresisted
891
00:06:38,970 --> 00:06:39,209:
by
892
00:06:39,209 --> 00:06:39,660:
dragon
893
00:06:39,660 --> 00:06:39,990:
scale
894
00:06:39,990 --> 00:06:40,259:
through
895
00:06:40,259 --> 00:06:40,889:
cloaca,
896
00:06:40,889 --> 00:06:41,610:
rectum,
897
00:06:41,610 --> 00:06:41,759:
and
898
00:06:41,759 --> 00:06:42,540:
bowel
899
00:06:42,540 --> 00:06:42,930:
before
900
00:06:42,930 --> 00:06:43,889:
slicing
901
00:06:43,889 --> 00:06:44,430:
lethally
902
00:06:44,430 --> 00:06:44,579:
into
903
00:06:44,579 --> 00:06:44,759:
the
904
00:06:44,759 --> 00:06:45,329:
black
905
00:06:45,329 --> 00:06:48,509:
monster’s villainous heart.
In its
906
00:06:48,509 --> 00:06:49,050:
shock
907
00:06:49,050 --> 00:06:49,139:
at
908
00:06:49,139 --> 00:06:49,199:
the
909
00:06:49,199 --> 00:06:49,589:
sudden
910
00:06:49,589 --> 00:06:50,069:
agony
911
00:06:50,069 --> 00:06:50,220:
the
912
00:06:50,220 --> 00:06:50,639:
dragon
913
00:06:50,639 --> 00:06:51,209:
lurched
914
00:06:51,209 --> 00:06:51,300:
and
915
00:06:51,300 --> 00:06:51,449:
then
916
00:06:51,449 --> 00:06:52,050:
collapsed
917
00:06:52,050 --> 00:06:52,829:
back,
918
00:06:52,829 --> 00:06:53,279:
sitting
919
00:06:53,279 --> 00:06:53,670:
upon
920
00:06:53,670 --> 00:06:53,879:
the
921
00:06:53,879 --> 00:06:54,600:
unfortunate
922
00:06:54,600 --> 00:06:54,990:
lad
923
00:06:54,990 --> 00:06:55,379:
and
924
00:06:55,379 --> 00:06:56,009:
plunging
925
00:06:56,009 --> 00:06:56,220:
him
926
00:06:56,220 --> 00:06:56,399:
into
927
00:06:56,399 --> 00:06:56,579:
the
928
00:06:56,579 --> 00:06:56,970:
fetid
929
00:06:56,970 --> 00:06:57,509:
darkness
930
00:06:57,509 --> 00:06:57,930:
behind
931
00:06:57,930 --> 00:06:58,079:
his
932
00:06:58,079 --> 00:06:59,279:
spear.
933
00:06:59,279 --> 00:06:59,550:
That
934
00:06:59,550 --> 00:07:00,029:
spared
935
00:07:00,029 --> 00:07:00,180:
him
936
00:07:00,180 --> 00:07:00,300:
the
937
00:07:00,300 --> 00:07:00,750:
dragon’s death
938
00:07:00,750 --> 00:07:01,769:
throes,
939
00:07:01,769 --> 00:07:02,220:
if
940
00:07:02,220 --> 00:07:04,290:
indelicately.
Bathed
941
00:07:04,290 --> 00:07:04,680:
head
942
00:07:04,680 --> 00:07:04,800:
to
943
00:07:04,800 --> 00:07:05,370:
heels
944
00:07:05,370 --> 00:07:05,490:
in
945
00:07:05,490 --> 00:07:06,000:
dragon
946
00:07:06,000 --> 00:07:06,389:
blood
947
00:07:06,389 --> 00:07:06,750:
and
948
00:07:06,750 --> 00:07:07,170:
more
949
00:07:07,170 --> 00:07:07,680:
noisome
950
00:07:07,680 --> 00:07:08,579:
substances
951
00:07:08,579 --> 00:07:08,699:
he
952
00:07:08,699 --> 00:07:08,939:
was
953
00:07:08,939 --> 00:07:09,300:
hailed
954
00:07:09,300 --> 00:07:09,329:
as a
955
00:07:09,329 --> 00:07:10,199:
hero.
956
00:07:10,199 --> 00:07:10,529:
Once
957
00:07:10,529 --> 00:07:10,649:
he
958
00:07:10,649 --> 00:07:10,860:
had
959
00:07:10,860 --> 00:07:11,009:
been
960
00:07:11,009 --> 00:07:11,519:
dragged
961
00:07:11,519 --> 00:07:11,699:
from
962
00:07:11,699 --> 00:07:12,120:
beneath
963
00:07:12,120 --> 00:07:12,240:
the
964
00:07:12,240 --> 00:07:12,509:
dead
965
00:07:12,509 --> 00:07:12,990:
beast’s
966
00:07:12,990 --> 00:07:13,649:
tail,
967
00:07:13,649 --> 00:07:13,860:
and
968
00:07:13,860 --> 00:07:14,220:
made
969
00:07:14,220 --> 00:07:14,699:
feast
970
00:07:14,699 --> 00:07:15,029:
upon
971
00:07:15,029 --> 00:07:15,149:
its
972
00:07:15,149 --> 00:07:15,600:
skewered
973
00:07:15,600 --> 00:07:16,350:
heart,
974
00:07:16,350 --> 00:07:16,500:
the
975
00:07:16,500 --> 00:07:16,860:
knights
976
00:07:16,860 --> 00:07:16,980:
had
977
00:07:16,980 --> 00:07:17,310:
taken
978
00:07:17,310 --> 00:07:17,490:
him
979
00:07:17,490 --> 00:07:17,549:
to
980
00:07:17,549 --> 00:07:18,540:
squire.
981
00:07:18,540 --> 00:07:18,720:
He
982
00:07:18,720 --> 00:07:19,050:
learned
983
00:07:19,050 --> 00:07:19,500:
sword
984
00:07:19,500 --> 00:07:19,620:
and
985
00:07:19,620 --> 00:07:20,220:
shield,
986
00:07:20,220 --> 00:07:20,639:
letters
987
00:07:20,639 --> 00:07:20,759:
and
988
00:07:20,759 --> 00:07:21,300:
numbers,
989
00:07:21,300 --> 00:07:21,810:
hunt
990
00:07:21,810 --> 00:07:21,930:
and
991
00:07:21,930 --> 00:07:22,709:
court,
992
00:07:22,709 --> 00:07:23,160:
until
993
00:07:23,160 --> 00:07:23,579:
he
994
00:07:23,579 --> 00:07:24,120:
became
995
00:07:24,120 --> 00:07:24,180:
a
996
00:07:24,180 --> 00:07:24,779:
knight
997
00:07:24,779 --> 00:07:25,980:
true.
No
998
00:07:25,980 --> 00:07:26,189:
one
999
00:07:26,189 --> 00:07:26,519:
called
1000
00:07:26,519 --> 00:07:26,670:
him
1001
00:07:26,670 --> 00:07:27,000:
Sir
1002
00:07:27,000 --> 00:07:27,629:
Swineherd
1003
00:07:27,629 --> 00:07:27,810:
any
1004
00:07:27,810 --> 00:07:28,740:
more.
1005
00:07:28,740 --> 00:07:29,339:
Slaying
1006
00:07:29,339 --> 00:07:29,759:
seven
1007
00:07:29,759 --> 00:07:30,240:
dragons
1008
00:07:30,240 --> 00:07:30,329:
in
1009
00:07:30,329 --> 00:07:30,750:
thirteen
1010
00:07:30,750 --> 00:07:31,110:
years
1011
00:07:31,110 --> 00:07:31,439:
tended
1012
00:07:31,439 --> 00:07:31,680:
to
1013
00:07:31,680 --> 00:07:32,160:
quell
1014
00:07:32,160 --> 00:07:33,420:
pejoratives.
1015
00:07:33,420 --> 00:07:33,689:
That
1016
00:07:33,689 --> 00:07:33,810:
he
1017
00:07:33,810 --> 00:07:34,050:
was
1018
00:07:34,050 --> 00:07:34,620:
kind
1019
00:07:34,620 --> 00:07:34,860:
and
1020
00:07:34,860 --> 00:07:35,819:
charitable,
1021
00:07:35,819 --> 00:07:36,000:
to
1022
00:07:36,000 --> 00:07:36,089:
a
1023
00:07:36,089 --> 00:07:36,930:
fault,
1024
00:07:36,930 --> 00:07:37,199:
with
1025
00:07:37,199 --> 00:07:37,680:
peasant
1026
00:07:37,680 --> 00:07:37,800:
and
1027
00:07:37,800 --> 00:07:38,399:
nobility
1028
00:07:38,399 --> 00:07:39,120:
alike,
1029
00:07:39,120 --> 00:07:39,660:
winnowed out
1030
00:07:39,660 --> 00:07:40,019:
many
1031
00:07:40,019 --> 00:07:40,079:
of
1032
00:07:40,079 --> 00:07:40,259:
his
1033
00:07:40,259 --> 00:07:40,980:
detractors
1034
00:07:40,980 --> 00:07:41,069:
in
1035
00:07:41,069 --> 00:07:41,399:
short
1036
00:07:41,399 --> 00:07:42,480:
order.
1037
00:07:42,480 --> 00:07:42,629:
While
1038
00:07:42,629 --> 00:07:42,750:
he
1039
00:07:42,750 --> 00:07:43,050:
might
1040
00:07:43,050 --> 00:07:43,350:
not
1041
00:07:43,350 --> 00:07:43,709:
best
1042
00:07:43,709 --> 00:07:43,860:
his
1043
00:07:43,860 --> 00:07:44,490:
challengers at
1044
00:07:44,490 --> 00:07:45,300:
joust
1045
00:07:45,300 --> 00:07:45,509:
how
1046
00:07:45,509 --> 00:07:45,779:
many
1047
00:07:45,779 --> 00:07:45,930:
could
1048
00:07:45,930 --> 00:07:46,170:
claim
1049
00:07:46,170 --> 00:07:46,290:
to
1050
00:07:46,290 --> 00:07:46,410:
have
1051
00:07:46,410 --> 00:07:46,847:
slain
1052
00:07:46,847 --> 00:07:47,160:
three
1053
00:07:47,160 --> 00:07:47,970:
dragons,
1054
00:07:47,970 --> 00:07:48,300:
much
1055
00:07:48,300 --> 00:07:48,602:
less
1056
00:07:48,602 --> 00:07:50,430:
seven?
Sir
1057
00:07:50,430 --> 00:07:51,089:
Dirsche,
1058
00:07:51,089 --> 00:07:51,720:
the Rainbow
1059
00:07:51,720 --> 00:07:52,079:
Knight,
1060
00:07:52,079 --> 00:07:52,769:
rode
1061
00:07:52,769 --> 00:07:52,980:
his shadow
1062
00:07:52,980 --> 00:07:53,399:
black
1063
00:07:53,399 --> 00:07:54,060:
warhorse
1064
00:07:54,060 --> 00:07:54,209:
from
1065
00:07:54,209 --> 00:07:54,329:
the
1066
00:07:54,329 --> 00:07:54,750:
fringes
1067
00:07:54,750 --> 00:07:54,810:
of
1068
00:07:54,810 --> 00:07:54,930:
the
1069
00:07:54,930 --> 00:07:55,470:
forest
1070
00:07:55,470 --> 00:07:55,680:
into
1071
00:07:55,680 --> 00:07:55,740:
a
1072
00:07:55,740 --> 00:07:56,160:
meadow
1073
00:07:56,160 --> 00:07:56,310:
of
1074
00:07:56,310 --> 00:07:56,730:
lush
1075
00:07:56,730 --> 00:07:57,240:
greens
1076
00:07:57,240 --> 00:07:57,360:
and
1077
00:07:57,360 --> 00:07:58,589:
colors.
1078
00:07:58,589 --> 00:07:59,189:
Flowers
1079
00:07:59,189 --> 00:07:59,850:
swayed
1080
00:07:59,850 --> 00:08:00,029:
their
1081
00:08:00,029 --> 00:08:00,540:
vibrant
1082
00:08:00,540 --> 00:08:00,990:
hues
1083
00:08:00,990 --> 00:08:01,110:
in
1084
00:08:01,110 --> 00:08:01,170:
a
1085
00:08:01,170 --> 00:08:01,620:
verdant
1086
00:08:01,620 --> 00:08:02,100:
green
1087
00:08:02,100 --> 00:08:02,490:
carpet
1088
00:08:02,490 --> 00:08:02,579:
of
1089
00:08:02,579 --> 00:08:03,689:
grass.
1090
00:08:03,689 --> 00:08:04,230:
Across
1091
00:08:04,230 --> 00:08:04,319:
the
1092
00:08:04,319 --> 00:08:04,949:
clearing,
1093
00:08:04,949 --> 00:08:05,550:
nestled
1094
00:08:05,550 --> 00:08:05,699:
at
1095
00:08:05,699 --> 00:08:05,790:
the
1096
00:08:05,790 --> 00:08:06,149:
base
1097
00:08:06,149 --> 00:08:06,240:
of
1098
00:08:06,240 --> 00:08:06,300:
a
1099
00:08:06,300 --> 00:08:06,689:
sheer
1100
00:08:06,689 --> 00:08:07,019:
rock
1101
00:08:07,019 --> 00:08:07,709:
wall,
1102
00:08:07,709 --> 00:08:07,889:
was
1103
00:08:07,889 --> 00:08:07,949:
a
1104
00:08:07,949 --> 00:08:08,550:
modest
1105
00:08:08,550 --> 00:08:08,915:
lake
1106
00:08:08,915 --> 00:08:09,120:
of
1107
00:08:09,120 --> 00:08:09,569:
crystal
1108
00:08:09,569 --> 00:08:09,839:
clear
1109
00:08:09,839 --> 00:08:10,889:
water.
1110
00:08:10,889 --> 00:08:11,069:
As
1111
00:08:11,069 --> 00:08:11,160:
he
1112
00:08:11,160 --> 00:08:11,400:
rode
1113
00:08:11,400 --> 00:08:11,850:
closer
1114
00:08:11,850 --> 00:08:11,939:
he
1115
00:08:11,939 --> 00:08:12,089:
could
1116
00:08:12,089 --> 00:08:12,329:
see
1117
00:08:12,329 --> 00:08:12,750:
great
1118
00:08:12,750 --> 00:08:13,170:
schools
1119
00:08:13,170 --> 00:08:13,259:
of
1120
00:08:13,259 --> 00:08:13,860:
trout,
1121
00:08:13,860 --> 00:08:14,129:
and
1122
00:08:14,129 --> 00:08:14,490:
some
1123
00:08:14,490 --> 00:08:14,819:
other
1124
00:08:14,819 --> 00:08:15,329:
far
1125
00:08:15,329 --> 00:08:15,779:
larger
1126
00:08:15,779 --> 00:08:16,290:
fish,
1127
00:08:16,290 --> 00:08:17,069:
suspended
1128
00:08:17,069 --> 00:08:17,160:
in
1129
00:08:17,160 --> 00:08:17,250:
the
1130
00:08:17,250 --> 00:08:17,730:
shimmering
1131
00:08:17,730 --> 00:08:18,870:
depths.
1132
00:08:18,870 --> 00:08:19,230:
Deeper
1133
00:08:19,230 --> 00:08:19,680:
still
1134
00:08:19,680 --> 00:08:19,860:
was
1135
00:08:19,860 --> 00:08:19,949:
a
1136
00:08:19,949 --> 00:08:20,670:
vast,
1137
00:08:20,670 --> 00:08:21,240:
black
1138
00:08:21,240 --> 00:08:21,779:
blot
1139
00:08:21,779 --> 00:08:21,870:
of
1140
00:08:21,870 --> 00:08:22,379:
far
1141
00:08:22,379 --> 00:08:22,769:
deeper
1142
00:08:22,769 --> 00:08:24,060:
water.
The
1143
00:08:24,060 --> 00:08:24,750:
maw
1144
00:08:24,750 --> 00:08:24,930:
of
1145
00:08:24,930 --> 00:08:25,050:
the
1146
00:08:25,050 --> 00:08:25,589:
dragon's
1147
00:08:25,589 --> 00:08:27,329:
lair.
Moving
1148
00:08:27,329 --> 00:08:27,720:
away,
1149
00:08:27,720 --> 00:08:27,930:
to
1150
00:08:27,930 --> 00:08:28,019:
a
1151
00:08:28,019 --> 00:08:28,500:
large
1152
00:08:28,500 --> 00:08:29,370:
stone upthrust
1153
00:08:29,370 --> 00:08:29,519:
from
1154
00:08:29,519 --> 00:08:29,639:
the
1155
00:08:29,639 --> 00:08:30,209:
earth,
1156
00:08:30,209 --> 00:08:30,360:
he
1157
00:08:30,360 --> 00:08:31,079:
dismounted
1158
00:08:31,079 --> 00:08:31,230:
with
1159
00:08:31,230 --> 00:08:31,290:
a
1160
00:08:31,290 --> 00:08:31,709:
creak
1161
00:08:31,709 --> 00:08:31,829:
of
1162
00:08:31,829 --> 00:08:32,279:
dragon
1163
00:08:32,279 --> 00:08:32,639:
leather
1164
00:08:32,639 --> 00:08:32,970:
armor
1165
00:08:32,970 --> 00:08:33,120:
and
1166
00:08:33,120 --> 00:08:33,539:
saddle
1167
00:08:33,539 --> 00:08:34,679:
leather.
1168
00:08:34,679 --> 00:08:35,490:
Unlimbering
1169
00:08:35,490 --> 00:08:36,090:
shield
1170
00:08:36,090 --> 00:08:36,240:
and
1171
00:08:36,240 --> 00:08:36,899:
scabbard
1172
00:08:36,899 --> 00:08:37,019:
he
1173
00:08:37,019 --> 00:08:37,379:
leaned
1174
00:08:37,379 --> 00:08:37,500:
them
1175
00:08:37,500 --> 00:08:37,889:
against
1176
00:08:37,889 --> 00:08:37,950:
the
1177
00:08:37,950 --> 00:08:38,909:
stone.
1178
00:08:38,909 --> 00:08:39,090:
He
1179
00:08:39,090 --> 00:08:39,419:
then
1180
00:08:39,419 --> 00:08:39,659:
set
1181
00:08:39,659 --> 00:08:39,990:
about
1182
00:08:39,990 --> 00:08:40,470:
removing
1183
00:08:40,470 --> 00:08:40,679:
his
1184
00:08:40,679 --> 00:08:41,340:
mount’s saddle
1185
00:08:41,340 --> 00:08:41,460:
and
1186
00:08:41,460 --> 00:08:42,269:
barding,
1187
00:08:42,269 --> 00:08:42,809:
carefully
1188
00:08:42,809 --> 00:08:43,169:
setting
1189
00:08:43,169 --> 00:08:43,289:
it
1190
00:08:43,289 --> 00:08:43,710:
neatly
1191
00:08:43,710 --> 00:08:43,799:
in
1192
00:08:43,799 --> 00:08:43,860:
the
1193
00:08:43,860 --> 00:08:44,250:
shade
1194
00:08:44,250 --> 00:08:44,340:
of
1195
00:08:44,340 --> 00:08:44,399:
a
1196
00:08:44,399 --> 00:08:44,730:
tree
1197
00:08:44,730 --> 00:08:44,850:
at
1198
00:08:44,850 --> 00:08:44,909:
the
1199
00:08:44,909 --> 00:08:46,440:
forest’s edge.
1200
00:08:46,440 --> 00:08:46,620:
He
1201
00:08:46,620 --> 00:08:46,799:
did
1202
00:08:46,799 --> 00:08:46,950:
this
1203
00:08:46,950 --> 00:08:47,250:
before
1204
00:08:47,250 --> 00:08:47,700:
bracing
1205
00:08:47,700 --> 00:08:48,000:
any
1206
00:08:48,000 --> 00:08:48,539:
dragon
1207
00:08:48,539 --> 00:08:48,840:
lest
1208
00:08:48,840 --> 00:08:49,019:
his
1209
00:08:49,019 --> 00:08:49,649:
demise
1210
00:08:49,649 --> 00:08:49,830:
leave
1211
00:08:49,830 --> 00:08:50,009:
his
1212
00:08:50,009 --> 00:08:50,370:
mount
1213
00:08:50,370 --> 00:08:50,460:
in
1214
00:08:50,460 --> 00:08:50,549:
the
1215
00:08:50,549 --> 00:08:51,149:
wild,
1216
00:08:51,149 --> 00:08:51,659:
alone
1217
00:08:51,659 --> 00:08:51,779:
and
1218
00:08:51,779 --> 00:08:52,440:
burdened,
1219
00:08:52,440 --> 00:08:52,980:
unable
1220
00:08:52,980 --> 00:08:53,129:
to
1221
00:08:53,129 --> 00:08:53,549:
escape
1222
00:08:53,549 --> 00:08:53,730:
its
1223
00:08:53,730 --> 00:08:55,080:
encumbrance.
1224
00:08:55,080 --> 00:08:55,320:
His
1225
00:08:55,320 --> 00:08:55,830:
mount,
1226
00:08:55,830 --> 00:08:56,190:
long
1227
00:08:56,190 --> 00:08:56,639:
inured
1228
00:08:56,639 --> 00:08:56,848:
to
1229
00:08:56,848 --> 00:08:57,210:
dragon
1230
00:08:57,210 --> 00:08:57,539:
fear
1231
00:08:57,539 --> 00:08:57,629:
and
1232
00:08:57,629 --> 00:08:57,720:
the
1233
00:08:57,720 --> 00:08:58,110:
clangor
1234
00:08:58,110 --> 00:08:58,200:
of
1235
00:08:58,200 --> 00:08:58,889:
battle,
1236
00:08:58,889 --> 00:08:59,129:
would
1237
00:08:59,129 --> 00:08:59,490:
not
1238
00:08:59,490 --> 00:08:59,789:
stray
1239
00:08:59,789 --> 00:09:00,210:
far
1240
00:09:00,210 --> 00:09:00,629:
unless
1241
00:09:00,629 --> 00:09:01,049:
beset
1242
00:09:01,049 --> 00:09:02,460:
directly.
With
1243
00:09:02,460 --> 00:09:02,549:
a
1244
00:09:02,549 --> 00:09:02,909:
pat
1245
00:09:02,909 --> 00:09:03,029:
to
1246
00:09:03,029 --> 00:09:03,120:
the
1247
00:09:03,120 --> 00:09:03,600:
muscular
1248
00:09:03,600 --> 00:09:04,019:
shoulder
1249
00:09:04,019 --> 00:09:04,200:
he
1250
00:09:04,200 --> 00:09:04,409:
let
1251
00:09:04,409 --> 00:09:04,590:
it
1252
00:09:04,590 --> 00:09:04,980:
amble
1253
00:09:04,980 --> 00:09:05,254:
away
1254
00:09:05,254 --> 00:09:05,369:
to
1255
00:09:05,369 --> 00:09:06,210:
graze.
1256
00:09:06,210 --> 00:09:06,509:
Taking
1257
00:09:06,509 --> 00:09:06,600:
a
1258
00:09:06,600 --> 00:09:07,049:
casual
1259
00:09:07,049 --> 00:09:07,350:
seat
1260
00:09:07,350 --> 00:09:07,590:
upon
1261
00:09:07,590 --> 00:09:07,679:
the
1262
00:09:07,679 --> 00:09:08,190:
stone,
1263
00:09:08,190 --> 00:09:08,610:
shield
1264
00:09:08,610 --> 00:09:08,730:
and
1265
00:09:08,730 --> 00:09:09,179:
sword
1266
00:09:09,179 --> 00:09:09,450:
close
1267
00:09:09,450 --> 00:09:09,570:
at
1268
00:09:09,570 --> 00:09:10,289:
hand,
1269
00:09:10,289 --> 00:09:10,470:
he
1270
00:09:10,470 --> 00:09:10,679:
drew
1271
00:09:10,679 --> 00:09:10,740:
a
1272
00:09:10,740 --> 00:09:11,309:
simple
1273
00:09:11,309 --> 00:09:11,639:
tenor
1274
00:09:11,639 --> 00:09:12,240:
recorder
1275
00:09:12,240 --> 00:09:12,450:
of
1276
00:09:12,450 --> 00:09:12,809:
age
1277
00:09:12,809 --> 00:09:13,200:
whitened
1278
00:09:13,200 --> 00:09:13,620:
bone
1279
00:09:13,620 --> 00:09:13,860:
from
1280
00:09:13,860 --> 00:09:14,039:
his
1281
00:09:14,039 --> 00:09:15,000:
belt.
1282
00:09:15,000 --> 00:09:15,419:
Raising
1283
00:09:15,419 --> 00:09:15,539:
it
1284
00:09:15,539 --> 00:09:15,659:
to
1285
00:09:15,659 --> 00:09:15,809:
his
1286
00:09:15,809 --> 00:09:16,200:
lips
1287
00:09:16,200 --> 00:09:16,350:
he
1288
00:09:16,350 --> 00:09:16,769:
began
1289
00:09:16,769 --> 00:09:16,860:
to
1290
00:09:16,860 --> 00:09:17,700:
play.
1291
00:09:17,700 --> 00:09:17,879:
Though
1292
00:09:17,879 --> 00:09:17,970:
he
1293
00:09:17,970 --> 00:09:18,240:
heard
1294
00:09:18,240 --> 00:09:18,539:
little
1295
00:09:18,539 --> 00:09:18,929:
more
1296
00:09:18,929 --> 00:09:19,110:
than
1297
00:09:19,110 --> 00:09:19,169:
a
1298
00:09:19,169 --> 00:09:19,620:
breathy
1299
00:09:19,620 --> 00:09:20,370:
warble
1300
00:09:20,370 --> 00:09:20,580:
he
1301
00:09:20,580 --> 00:09:20,940:
felt
1302
00:09:20,940 --> 00:09:21,029:
it
1303
00:09:21,029 --> 00:09:21,539:
vibrate
1304
00:09:21,539 --> 00:09:21,840:
against
1305
00:09:21,840 --> 00:09:21,990:
his
1306
00:09:21,990 --> 00:09:22,409:
lips
1307
00:09:22,409 --> 00:09:22,529:
and
1308
00:09:22,529 --> 00:09:22,889:
beneath
1309
00:09:22,889 --> 00:09:23,070:
his
1310
00:09:23,070 --> 00:09:23,490:
fingers
1311
00:09:23,490 --> 00:09:23,639:
through
1312
00:09:23,639 --> 00:09:23,789:
his
1313
00:09:23,789 --> 00:09:24,960:
gauntlets.
1314
00:09:24,960 --> 00:09:25,169:
Though
1315
00:09:25,169 --> 00:09:25,320:
he
1316
00:09:25,320 --> 00:09:25,649:
could
1317
00:09:25,649 --> 00:09:25,860:
not
1318
00:09:25,860 --> 00:09:26,039:
hear
1319
00:09:26,039 --> 00:09:26,220:
its
1320
00:09:26,220 --> 00:09:27,000:
music,
1321
00:09:27,000 --> 00:09:27,240:
he
1322
00:09:27,240 --> 00:09:27,659:
knew
1323
00:09:27,659 --> 00:09:27,840:
that
1324
00:09:27,840 --> 00:09:27,960:
the
1325
00:09:27,960 --> 00:09:28,440:
dragon
1326
00:09:28,440 --> 00:09:28,740:
most
1327
00:09:28,740 --> 00:09:29,250:
certainly
1328
00:09:29,250 --> 00:09:30,480:
would.
For
1329
00:09:30,480 --> 00:09:30,570:
a
1330
00:09:30,570 --> 00:09:30,990:
quarter
1331
00:09:30,990 --> 00:09:31,289:
hour
1332
00:09:31,289 --> 00:09:31,470:
he
1333
00:09:31,470 --> 00:09:31,889:
played
1334
00:09:31,889 --> 00:09:32,309:
idly
1335
00:09:32,309 --> 00:09:32,610:
upon
1336
00:09:32,610 --> 00:09:32,700:
the
1337
00:09:32,700 --> 00:09:33,419:
flute,
1338
00:09:33,419 --> 00:09:33,840:
unable
1339
00:09:33,840 --> 00:09:33,929:
to
1340
00:09:33,929 --> 00:09:34,259:
follow
1341
00:09:34,259 --> 00:09:34,320:
a
1342
00:09:34,320 --> 00:09:34,710:
tune
1343
00:09:34,710 --> 00:09:34,919:
as
1344
00:09:34,919 --> 00:09:35,100:
he
1345
00:09:35,100 --> 00:09:35,309:
could
1346
00:09:35,309 --> 00:09:35,519:
not
1347
00:09:35,519 --> 00:09:35,759:
hear
1348
00:09:35,759 --> 00:09:36,240:
it,
1349
00:09:36,240 --> 00:09:36,629:
until
1350
00:09:36,629 --> 00:09:36,750:
he
1351
00:09:36,750 --> 00:09:37,019:
saw
1352
00:09:37,019 --> 00:09:37,110:
the
1353
00:09:37,110 --> 00:09:37,529:
surface
1354
00:09:37,529 --> 00:09:37,620:
of
1355
00:09:37,620 --> 00:09:37,740:
the
1356
00:09:37,740 --> 00:09:38,039:
lake
1357
00:09:38,039 --> 00:09:38,639:
ripple
1358
00:09:38,639 --> 00:09:38,850:
as
1359
00:09:38,850 --> 00:09:38,970:
if
1360
00:09:38,970 --> 00:09:39,659:
disturbed
1361
00:09:39,659 --> 00:09:39,870:
from
1362
00:09:39,870 --> 00:09:40,169:
within
1363
00:09:40,169 --> 00:09:40,350:
its
1364
00:09:40,350 --> 00:09:41,460:
depths.
1365
00:09:41,460 --> 00:09:42,059:
Something
1366
00:09:42,059 --> 00:09:42,600:
moved
1367
00:09:42,600 --> 00:09:42,690:
in
1368
00:09:42,690 --> 00:09:42,809:
the
1369
00:09:42,809 --> 00:09:43,200:
dark
1370
00:09:43,200 --> 00:09:43,769:
shadows
1371
00:09:43,769 --> 00:09:44,100:
deep
1372
00:09:44,100 --> 00:09:44,340:
within
1373
00:09:44,340 --> 00:09:44,429:
the
1374
00:09:44,429 --> 00:09:45,120:
lake,
1375
00:09:45,120 --> 00:09:45,570:
causing
1376
00:09:45,570 --> 00:09:45,690:
its
1377
00:09:45,690 --> 00:09:46,169:
surface
1378
00:09:46,169 --> 00:09:46,289:
to
1379
00:09:46,289 --> 00:09:46,930:
bulge
1380
00:09:46,930 --> 00:09:47,100:
like
1381
00:09:47,100 --> 00:09:47,190:
a
1382
00:09:47,190 --> 00:09:47,669:
river
1383
00:09:47,669 --> 00:09:48,480:
flowing
1384
00:09:48,480 --> 00:09:48,779:
over
1385
00:09:48,779 --> 00:09:48,870:
a
1386
00:09:48,870 --> 00:09:49,320:
large
1387
00:09:49,320 --> 00:09:49,679:
rock
1388
00:09:49,679 --> 00:09:50,009:
beneath
1389
00:09:50,009 --> 00:09:50,100:
the
1390
00:09:50,100 --> 00:09:51,149:
surface.
1391
00:09:51,149 --> 00:09:51,360:
He
1392
00:09:51,360 --> 00:09:51,750:
tootled
1393
00:09:51,750 --> 00:09:51,809:
a
1394
00:09:51,809 --> 00:09:52,350:
sharper
1395
00:09:52,350 --> 00:09:52,830:
riff
1396
00:09:52,830 --> 00:09:53,519:
and,
1397
00:09:53,519 --> 00:09:54,570:
abruptly,
1398
00:09:54,570 --> 00:09:54,720:
the
1399
00:09:54,720 --> 00:09:55,230:
waters
1400
00:09:55,230 --> 00:09:55,320:
of
1401
00:09:55,320 --> 00:09:55,409:
the
1402
00:09:55,409 --> 00:09:55,796:
lake
1403
00:09:55,796 --> 00:09:56,490:
surged
1404
00:09:56,490 --> 00:09:56,879:
upward
1405
00:09:56,879 --> 00:09:57,179:
before
1406
00:09:57,179 --> 00:09:58,019:
exploding
1407
00:09:58,019 --> 00:09:58,110:
in
1408
00:09:58,110 --> 00:09:58,200:
a
1409
00:09:58,200 --> 00:09:58,799:
great,
1410
00:09:58,799 --> 00:09:59,549:
frothing
1411
00:09:59,549 --> 00:10:00,539:
fountain.
1412
00:10:00,539 --> 00:10:00,659:
A
1413
00:10:00,659 --> 00:10:01,649:
large,
1414
00:10:01,649 --> 00:10:02,220:
green
1415
00:10:02,220 --> 00:10:03,029:
shape
1416
00:10:03,029 --> 00:10:03,629:
launched
1417
00:10:03,629 --> 00:10:03,809:
from
1418
00:10:03,809 --> 00:10:03,899:
the
1419
00:10:03,899 --> 00:10:04,259:
falling
1420
00:10:04,259 --> 00:10:05,039:
water,
1421
00:10:05,039 --> 00:10:05,549:
churning
1422
00:10:05,549 --> 00:10:05,850:
up
1423
00:10:05,850 --> 00:10:06,360:
grass
1424
00:10:06,360 --> 00:10:06,450:
and
1425
00:10:06,450 --> 00:10:07,049:
flowers
1426
00:10:07,049 --> 00:10:07,169:
as
1427
00:10:07,169 --> 00:10:07,318:
it
1428
00:10:07,318 --> 00:10:07,830:
bounded
1429
00:10:07,830 --> 00:10:08,340:
ashore
1430
00:10:08,340 --> 00:10:08,490:
and
1431
00:10:08,490 --> 00:10:09,090:
slew
1432
00:10:09,090 --> 00:10:09,240:
to
1433
00:10:09,240 --> 00:10:09,539:
one
1434
00:10:09,539 --> 00:10:10,529:
side.
1435
00:10:10,529 --> 00:10:11,279:
Great turves
1436
00:10:11,279 --> 00:10:11,490:
of
1437
00:10:11,490 --> 00:10:11,820:
earth
1438
00:10:11,820 --> 00:10:12,059:
were
1439
00:10:12,059 --> 00:10:12,629:
gouged
1440
00:10:12,629 --> 00:10:12,840:
up
1441
00:10:12,840 --> 00:10:13,049:
by
1442
00:10:13,049 --> 00:10:13,649:
powerful
1443
00:10:13,649 --> 00:10:14,370:
talons
1444
00:10:14,370 --> 00:10:14,639:
and
1445
00:10:14,639 --> 00:10:15,299:
unhomed
1446
00:10:15,299 --> 00:10:15,809:
fish
1447
00:10:15,809 --> 00:10:16,440:
flopping
1448
00:10:16,440 --> 00:10:17,129:
wildly
1449
00:10:17,129 --> 00:10:17,490:
about
1450
00:10:17,490 --> 00:10:17,580:
in
1451
00:10:17,580 --> 00:10:17,639:
the
1452
00:10:17,639 --> 00:10:18,149:
grass
1453
00:10:18,149 --> 00:10:18,269:
as
1454
00:10:18,269 --> 00:10:18,360:
the
1455
00:10:18,360 --> 00:10:18,750:
water
1456
00:10:18,750 --> 00:10:19,379:
retreated
1457
00:10:19,379 --> 00:10:20,190:
staining
1458
00:10:20,190 --> 00:10:20,340:
the
1459
00:10:20,340 --> 00:10:21,000:
crystalline
1460
00:10:21,000 --> 00:10:21,419:
waters
1461
00:10:21,419 --> 00:10:21,600:
with
1462
00:10:21,600 --> 00:10:22,409:
mud.
1463
00:10:22,409 --> 00:10:22,559:
A
1464
00:10:22,559 --> 00:10:23,039:
great
1465
00:10:23,039 --> 00:10:23,909:
serpentine
1466
00:10:23,909 --> 00:10:24,269:
neck
1467
00:10:24,269 --> 00:10:24,929:
raised
1468
00:10:24,929 --> 00:10:25,139:
an
1469
00:10:25,139 --> 00:10:25,950:
angular,
1470
00:10:25,950 --> 00:10:26,370:
arrow
1471
00:10:26,370 --> 00:10:26,759:
shaped
1472
00:10:26,759 --> 00:10:27,000:
head
1473
00:10:27,000 --> 00:10:27,899:
high,
1474
00:10:27,899 --> 00:10:28,409:
mighty
1475
00:10:28,409 --> 00:10:29,070:
wings
1476
00:10:29,070 --> 00:10:29,519:
beating
1477
00:10:29,519 --> 00:10:29,669:
to
1478
00:10:29,669 --> 00:10:30,299:
flatten
1479
00:10:30,299 --> 00:10:30,659:
the
1480
00:10:30,659 --> 00:10:30,929:
flowers
1481
00:10:30,929 --> 00:10:31,019:
and
1482
00:10:31,019 --> 00:10:33,659:
grass. "Desist
1483
00:10:33,659 --> 00:10:33,929:
that
1484
00:10:33,929 --> 00:10:34,559:
cloaca
1485
00:10:34,559 --> 00:10:35,220:
spawned
1486
00:10:35,220 --> 00:10:36,600:
cacophony!"
1487
00:10:36,600 --> 00:10:36,809:
it
1488
00:10:36,809 --> 00:10:37,379:
roared
1489
00:10:37,379 --> 00:10:37,559:
with
1490
00:10:37,559 --> 00:10:37,620:
the
1491
00:10:37,620 --> 00:10:38,220:
sound
1492
00:10:38,220 --> 00:10:38,309:
of
1493
00:10:38,309 --> 00:10:38,370:
a
1494
00:10:38,370 --> 00:10:39,690:
tea kettle well
1495
00:10:39,690 --> 00:10:40,139:
past
1496
00:10:40,139 --> 00:10:41,418:
boiling.
Sir Dirsche
1497
00:10:41,418 --> 00:10:42,269:
did,
1498
00:10:42,269 --> 00:10:42,779:
lowering
1499
00:10:42,779 --> 00:10:42,870:
the
1500
00:10:42,870 --> 00:10:43,379:
recorder
1501
00:10:43,379 --> 00:10:43,620:
to
1502
00:10:43,620 --> 00:10:43,980:
eye it
1503
00:10:43,980 --> 00:10:47,100:
speculatively. "Cloaca spawned?
1504
00:10:47,100 --> 00:10:48,210:
Well, can't say
1505
00:10:48,210 --> 00:10:48,389:
as I've
1506
00:10:48,389 --> 00:10:48,600:
ever
1507
00:10:48,600 --> 00:10:48,840:
heard
1508
00:10:48,840 --> 00:10:48,929:
it
1509
00:10:48,929 --> 00:10:49,169:
thus
1510
00:10:49,169 --> 00:10:50,159:
described."
1511
00:10:50,159 --> 00:10:50,909:
He opined
1512
00:10:50,909 --> 00:10:51,779:
ruefully,
1513
00:10:51,779 --> 00:10:52,110:
not
1514
00:10:52,110 --> 00:10:52,559:
reaching
1515
00:10:52,559 --> 00:10:52,769:
for
1516
00:10:52,769 --> 00:10:53,039:
either
1517
00:10:53,039 --> 00:10:53,429:
sword
1518
00:10:53,429 --> 00:10:53,519:
or
1519
00:10:53,519 --> 00:10:54,870:
shield. "But
1520
00:10:54,870 --> 00:10:55,409:
then,
1521
00:10:55,409 --> 00:10:55,860:
human
1522
00:10:55,860 --> 00:10:56,159:
ears
1523
00:10:56,159 --> 00:10:56,340:
are
1524
00:10:56,340 --> 00:10:56,610:
deaf
1525
00:10:56,610 --> 00:10:56,789:
to
1526
00:10:56,789 --> 00:10:57,600:
it."
1527
00:10:57,600 --> 00:10:58,139:
Turning
1528
00:10:58,139 --> 00:10:58,679:
slightly
1529
00:10:58,679 --> 00:10:59,159:
upon
1530
00:10:59,159 --> 00:10:59,279:
the
1531
00:10:59,279 --> 00:10:59,610:
rock
1532
00:10:59,610 --> 00:10:59,730:
to
1533
00:10:59,730 --> 00:11:00,149:
gaze
1534
00:11:00,149 --> 00:11:00,480:
up
1535
00:11:00,480 --> 00:11:00,629:
at
1536
00:11:00,629 --> 00:11:00,720:
the
1537
00:11:00,720 --> 00:11:01,470:
furious
1538
00:11:01,470 --> 00:11:02,009:
dragon's
1539
00:11:02,009 --> 00:11:02,460:
wrathful
1540
00:11:02,460 --> 00:11:04,440:
visage.
It,
1541
00:11:04,440 --> 00:11:04,769:
or
1542
00:11:04,769 --> 00:11:05,879:
rather 'she'
1543
00:11:05,879 --> 00:11:06,059:
if
1544
00:11:06,059 --> 00:11:06,149:
the
1545
00:11:06,149 --> 00:11:06,600:
villagers
1546
00:11:06,600 --> 00:11:06,720:
had
1547
00:11:06,720 --> 00:11:06,870:
been
1548
00:11:06,870 --> 00:11:07,889:
truthful,
1549
00:11:07,889 --> 00:11:08,159:
was
1550
00:11:08,159 --> 00:11:08,700:
quite
1551
00:11:08,700 --> 00:11:08,879:
an
1552
00:11:08,879 --> 00:11:09,269:
image
1553
00:11:09,269 --> 00:11:09,360:
to
1554
00:11:09,360 --> 00:11:09,690:
take
1555
00:11:09,690 --> 00:11:10,590:
in.
1556
00:11:10,590 --> 00:11:11,190:
Overall
1557
00:11:11,190 --> 00:11:11,370:
she
1558
00:11:11,370 --> 00:11:11,549:
was
1559
00:11:11,549 --> 00:11:12,330:
primarily
1560
00:11:12,330 --> 00:11:12,750:
green
1561
00:11:12,750 --> 00:11:12,870:
in
1562
00:11:12,870 --> 00:11:13,649:
hue,
1563
00:11:13,649 --> 00:11:13,860:
from
1564
00:11:13,860 --> 00:11:13,950:
a
1565
00:11:13,950 --> 00:11:14,490:
deep
1566
00:11:14,490 --> 00:11:14,970:
emerald
1567
00:11:14,970 --> 00:11:15,299:
along
1568
00:11:15,299 --> 00:11:15,480:
her
1569
00:11:15,480 --> 00:11:15,870:
back
1570
00:11:15,870 --> 00:11:16,230:
fading
1571
00:11:16,230 --> 00:11:16,379:
to
1572
00:11:16,379 --> 00:11:16,830:
lighter
1573
00:11:16,830 --> 00:11:17,190:
hues
1574
00:11:17,190 --> 00:11:17,490:
along
1575
00:11:17,490 --> 00:11:17,669:
the
1576
00:11:17,669 --> 00:11:18,240:
underside
1577
00:11:18,240 --> 00:11:18,299:
of
1578
00:11:18,299 --> 00:11:18,419:
her
1579
00:11:18,419 --> 00:11:18,899:
throat
1580
00:11:18,899 --> 00:11:19,049:
and
1581
00:11:19,049 --> 00:11:20,070:
wings.
1582
00:11:20,070 --> 00:11:20,639:
Below
1583
00:11:20,639 --> 00:11:20,970:
those
1584
00:11:20,970 --> 00:11:21,419:
vast
1585
00:11:21,419 --> 00:11:21,809:
wings
1586
00:11:21,809 --> 00:11:21,929:
her
1587
00:11:21,929 --> 00:11:22,559:
smooth
1588
00:11:22,559 --> 00:11:22,950:
flesh
1589
00:11:22,950 --> 00:11:23,129:
was
1590
00:11:23,129 --> 00:11:23,820:
striated
1591
00:11:23,820 --> 00:11:24,059:
with
1592
00:11:24,059 --> 00:11:24,690:
blues,
1593
00:11:24,690 --> 00:11:25,200:
greens,
1594
00:11:25,200 --> 00:11:25,409:
and
1595
00:11:25,409 --> 00:11:26,669:
aquamarines
1596
00:11:26,669 --> 00:11:27,480:
interspersed
1597
00:11:27,480 --> 00:11:27,629:
with
1598
00:11:27,629 --> 00:11:28,350:
rosettes
1599
00:11:28,350 --> 00:11:28,529:
of
1600
00:11:28,529 --> 00:11:29,070:
red
1601
00:11:29,070 --> 00:11:29,340:
or
1602
00:11:29,340 --> 00:11:29,789:
ocher
1603
00:11:29,789 --> 00:11:30,029:
or
1604
00:11:30,029 --> 00:11:30,509:
orange
1605
00:11:30,509 --> 00:11:30,600:
in
1606
00:11:30,600 --> 00:11:30,690:
the
1607
00:11:30,690 --> 00:11:31,019:
manner
1608
00:11:31,019 --> 00:11:31,139:
of
1609
00:11:31,139 --> 00:11:31,169:
a
1610
00:11:31,169 --> 00:11:32,759:
trout.
Quite
1611
00:11:32,759 --> 00:11:33,179:
pretty
1612
00:11:33,179 --> 00:11:33,330:
in
1613
00:11:33,330 --> 00:11:33,419:
a
1614
00:11:33,419 --> 00:11:34,080:
deadly,
1615
00:11:34,080 --> 00:11:34,740:
predatory
1616
00:11:34,740 --> 00:11:36,870:
way.
Piercing
1617
00:11:36,870 --> 00:11:37,379:
eyes,
1618
00:11:37,379 --> 00:11:37,860:
slitted
1619
00:11:37,860 --> 00:11:38,039:
like
1620
00:11:38,039 --> 00:11:38,129:
a
1621
00:11:38,129 --> 00:11:38,611:
cat’s
1622
00:11:38,611 --> 00:11:38,700:
and
1623
00:11:38,700 --> 00:11:38,850:
the
1624
00:11:38,850 --> 00:11:39,240:
pure
1625
00:11:39,240 --> 00:11:39,539:
blue
1626
00:11:39,539 --> 00:11:39,690:
of
1627
00:11:39,690 --> 00:11:40,710:
azure,
1628
00:11:40,710 --> 00:11:41,190:
pinned
1629
00:11:41,190 --> 00:11:41,759:
the knight
1630
00:11:41,759 --> 00:11:41,909:
where
1631
00:11:41,909 --> 00:11:42,029:
he
1632
00:11:42,029 --> 00:11:43,559:
sat.
Giving
1633
00:11:43,559 --> 00:11:43,830:
a
1634
00:11:43,830 --> 00:11:44,309:
courtly
1635
00:11:44,309 --> 00:11:44,700:
bow
1636
00:11:44,700 --> 00:11:44,970:
from
1637
00:11:44,970 --> 00:11:45,360:
atop
1638
00:11:45,360 --> 00:11:45,480:
the
1639
00:11:45,480 --> 00:11:46,019:
stone
1640
00:11:46,019 --> 00:11:46,470:
the knight
1641
00:11:46,470 --> 00:11:46,830:
offered
1642
00:11:46,830 --> 00:11:46,889:
a
1643
00:11:46,889 --> 00:11:47,250:
warm
1644
00:11:47,250 --> 00:11:48,690:
smile. "I
1645
00:11:48,690 --> 00:11:48,840:
am
1646
00:11:48,840 --> 00:11:49,980:
Sir -”
"I
1647
00:11:49,980 --> 00:11:50,610:
know
1648
00:11:50,610 --> 00:11:50,789:
who
1649
00:11:50,789 --> 00:11:51,029:
you
1650
00:11:51,029 --> 00:11:51,840:
are!"
1651
00:11:51,840 --> 00:11:52,139:
she
1652
00:11:52,139 --> 00:11:52,559:
roared
1653
00:11:52,559 --> 00:11:53,250:
again,
1654
00:11:53,250 --> 00:11:53,970:
mantling
1655
00:11:53,970 --> 00:11:54,240:
those
1656
00:11:54,240 --> 00:11:54,690:
mighty
1657
00:11:54,690 --> 00:11:55,649:
wings.
1658
00:11:55,649 --> 00:11:55,919:
From
1659
00:11:55,919 --> 00:11:56,279:
nose
1660
00:11:56,279 --> 00:11:56,490:
tip
1661
00:11:56,490 --> 00:11:56,610:
to
1662
00:11:56,610 --> 00:11:57,029:
tail
1663
00:11:57,029 --> 00:11:57,240:
she
1664
00:11:57,240 --> 00:11:57,480:
was
1665
00:11:57,480 --> 00:11:57,809:
four
1666
00:11:57,809 --> 00:11:57,870:
or
1667
00:11:57,870 --> 00:11:58,200:
five
1668
00:11:58,200 --> 00:11:58,529:
horse
1669
00:11:58,529 --> 00:11:59,100:
lengths,
1670
00:11:59,100 --> 00:11:59,399:
those
1671
00:11:59,399 --> 00:11:59,940:
wings
1672
00:11:59,940 --> 00:12:00,450:
easily
1673
00:12:00,450 --> 00:12:01,440:
six.
1674
00:12:01,440 --> 00:12:01,740:
Not
1675
00:12:01,740 --> 00:12:02,250:
huge,
1676
00:12:02,250 --> 00:12:02,399:
as
1677
00:12:02,399 --> 00:12:02,789:
dragons
1678
00:12:02,789 --> 00:12:03,389:
went,
1679
00:12:03,389 --> 00:12:03,629:
but
1680
00:12:03,629 --> 00:12:03,990:
not
1681
00:12:03,990 --> 00:12:04,529:
small
1682
00:12:04,529 --> 00:12:04,620:
in
1683
00:12:04,620 --> 00:12:04,679:
the
1684
00:12:04,679 --> 00:12:06,360:
least. "Dragon
1685
00:12:06,360 --> 00:12:07,470:
scourge."
1686
00:12:07,470 --> 00:12:07,919:
she
1687
00:12:07,919 --> 00:12:08,370:
hissed
1688
00:12:08,370 --> 00:12:09,450:
in wroth. "A
1689
00:12:09,450 --> 00:12:10,889:
slayer who dons
1690
00:12:10,889 --> 00:12:11,009:
the
1691
00:12:11,009 --> 00:12:15,269:
hide of his slain!"
Sir Dirsche
1692
00:12:15,269 --> 00:12:15,570:
looked
1693
00:12:15,570 --> 00:12:15,960:
himself
1694
00:12:15,960 --> 00:12:16,259:
over
1695
00:12:16,259 --> 00:12:16,409:
and
1696
00:12:16,409 --> 00:12:18,000:
nodded. "Well,
1697
00:12:18,000 --> 00:12:18,720:
yes,
1698
00:12:18,720 --> 00:12:18,870:
I
1699
00:12:18,870 --> 00:12:19,019:
am
1700
00:12:19,019 --> 00:12:20,009:
that."
1701
00:12:20,009 --> 00:12:20,190:
He
1702
00:12:20,190 --> 00:12:20,580:
admitted
1703
00:12:20,580 --> 00:12:20,730:
with
1704
00:12:20,730 --> 00:12:20,789:
a
1705
00:12:20,789 --> 00:12:21,509:
self-effacing
1706
00:12:21,509 --> 00:12:22,980:
shrug. “As
1707
00:12:22,980 --> 00:12:23,129:
I
1708
00:12:23,129 --> 00:12:23,340:
know
1709
00:12:23,340 --> 00:12:23,879:
you,
1710
00:12:23,879 --> 00:12:24,450:
mistress
1711
00:12:24,450 --> 00:12:24,539:
of
1712
00:12:24,539 --> 00:12:24,629:
the
1713
00:12:24,629 --> 00:12:25,679:
lake.
1714
00:12:25,679 --> 00:12:25,980:
Rather
1715
00:12:25,980 --> 00:12:26,220:
than
1716
00:12:26,220 --> 00:12:26,580:
butcher
1717
00:12:26,580 --> 00:12:26,759:
your
1718
00:12:26,759 --> 00:12:27,149:
true
1719
00:12:27,149 --> 00:12:27,480:
given
1720
00:12:27,480 --> 00:12:27,659:
name
1721
00:12:27,659 --> 00:12:27,840:
with
1722
00:12:27,840 --> 00:12:28,049:
my
1723
00:12:28,049 --> 00:12:28,649:
woefully
1724
00:12:28,649 --> 00:12:29,100:
inadequate
1725
00:12:29,100 --> 00:12:29,399:
human
1726
00:12:29,399 --> 00:12:30,090:
throat,
1727
00:12:30,090 --> 00:12:30,299:
how
1728
00:12:30,299 --> 00:12:30,539:
might
1729
00:12:30,539 --> 00:12:30,629:
I
1730
00:12:30,629 --> 00:12:31,049:
address
1731
00:12:31,049 --> 00:12:31,769:
you?
1732
00:12:31,769 --> 00:12:31,919:
The
1733
00:12:31,919 --> 00:12:32,490:
locals,
1734
00:12:32,490 --> 00:12:32,610:
I
1735
00:12:32,610 --> 00:12:32,759:
am
1736
00:12:32,759 --> 00:12:33,149:
learned,
1737
00:12:33,149 --> 00:12:33,509:
often
1738
00:12:33,509 --> 00:12:33,779:
call
1739
00:12:33,779 --> 00:12:34,019:
you
1740
00:12:34,019 --> 00:12:36,179:
Jade.”
Not
1741
00:12:36,179 --> 00:12:36,960:
mollified
1742
00:12:36,960 --> 00:12:37,080:
by
1743
00:12:37,080 --> 00:12:37,289:
his
1744
00:12:37,289 --> 00:12:37,620:
civil
1745
00:12:37,620 --> 00:12:38,009:
tone
1746
00:12:38,009 --> 00:12:38,190:
and
1747
00:12:38,190 --> 00:12:38,759:
unthreatening
1748
00:12:38,759 --> 00:12:39,600:
posture
1749
00:12:39,600 --> 00:12:39,748:
the
1750
00:12:39,748 --> 00:12:40,230:
dragon
1751
00:12:40,230 --> 00:12:40,860:
loomed
1752
00:12:40,860 --> 00:12:41,009:
and
1753
00:12:41,009 --> 00:12:42,480:
glared. “And
1754
00:12:42,480 --> 00:12:42,960:
why
1755
00:12:42,960 --> 00:12:43,379:
come
1756
00:12:43,379 --> 00:12:45,059:
you, scourge?
1757
00:12:45,059 --> 00:12:45,360:
To
1758
00:12:45,360 --> 00:12:45,750:
add
1759
00:12:45,750 --> 00:12:45,929:
yet
1760
00:12:45,929 --> 00:12:46,320:
another
1761
00:12:46,320 --> 00:12:46,799:
hue
1762
00:12:46,799 --> 00:12:46,950:
to
1763
00:12:46,950 --> 00:12:47,220:
your
1764
00:12:47,220 --> 00:12:47,730:
vile
1765
00:12:47,730 --> 00:12:48,929:
plumage?”
1766
00:12:48,929 --> 00:12:49,200:
She
1767
00:12:49,200 --> 00:12:50,009:
growled,
1768
00:12:50,009 --> 00:12:50,610:
shuddering
1769
00:12:50,610 --> 00:12:50,850:
the
1770
00:12:50,850 --> 00:12:51,149:
earth
1771
00:12:51,149 --> 00:12:51,509:
beneath
1772
00:12:51,509 --> 00:12:51,690:
her
1773
00:12:51,690 --> 00:12:52,259:
daunting
1774
00:12:52,259 --> 00:12:52,740:
form
1775
00:12:52,740 --> 00:12:53,190:
poised
1776
00:12:53,190 --> 00:12:53,250:
to
1777
00:12:53,250 --> 00:12:54,690:
strike.
The
1778
00:12:54,690 --> 00:12:54,960:
knight
1779
00:12:54,960 --> 00:12:55,230:
shook
1780
00:12:55,230 --> 00:12:55,350:
his
1781
00:12:55,350 --> 00:12:55,649:
head
1782
00:12:55,649 --> 00:12:57,509:
slowly, “Nay,
1783
00:12:57,509 --> 00:12:57,899:
mistress
1784
00:12:57,899 --> 00:12:57,990:
of
1785
00:12:57,990 --> 00:12:58,080:
the
1786
00:12:58,080 --> 00:12:58,620:
lake.
1787
00:12:58,620 --> 00:12:58,830:
I
1788
00:12:58,830 --> 00:12:59,070:
came
1789
00:12:59,070 --> 00:12:59,190:
to
1790
00:12:59,190 --> 00:12:59,820:
bargain,
1791
00:12:59,820 --> 00:13:00,090:
and to
1792
00:13:00,090 --> 00:13:00,360:
offer
1793
00:13:00,360 --> 00:13:00,419:
a
1794
00:13:00,419 --> 00:13:00,870:
story,
1795
00:13:00,870 --> 00:13:01,019:
as
1796
00:13:01,019 --> 00:13:01,110:
the
1797
00:13:01,110 --> 00:13:01,440:
local
1798
00:13:01,440 --> 00:13:01,769:
village
1799
00:13:01,769 --> 00:13:02,039:
folk
1800
00:13:02,039 --> 00:13:02,190:
do
1801
00:13:02,190 --> 00:13:02,340:
when
1802
00:13:02,340 --> 00:13:02,490:
they
1803
00:13:02,490 --> 00:13:03,870:
visit.”
The
1804
00:13:03,870 --> 00:13:04,559:
dragon’s
1805
00:13:04,559 --> 00:13:05,039:
angular
1806
00:13:05,039 --> 00:13:05,429:
head
1807
00:13:05,429 --> 00:13:06,120:
tilted
1808
00:13:06,120 --> 00:13:07,440:
slightly,
1809
00:13:07,440 --> 00:13:09,090:
untrusting. “To
1810
00:13:09,090 --> 00:13:09,600:
bargain
1811
00:13:09,600 --> 00:13:09,779:
with
1812
00:13:09,779 --> 00:13:09,840:
a
1813
00:13:09,840 --> 00:13:10,769:
story?
1814
00:13:10,769 --> 00:13:10,980:
In
1815
00:13:10,980 --> 00:13:12,149:
full caparison
1816
00:13:12,149 --> 00:13:12,240:
of
1817
00:13:12,240 --> 00:13:12,389:
my
1818
00:13:12,389 --> 00:13:12,990:
slaughtered
1819
00:13:12,990 --> 00:13:13,679:
kin?
1820
00:13:13,679 --> 00:13:13,889:
Do
1821
00:13:13,889 --> 00:13:14,070:
you
1822
00:13:14,070 --> 00:13:14,399:
take
1823
00:13:14,399 --> 00:13:15,149:
me a fool,
1824
00:13:15,149 --> 00:13:15,779:
scourge?
1825
00:13:15,779 --> 00:13:17,070:
You’ll not
1826
00:13:17,070 --> 00:13:17,399:
have
1827
00:13:17,399 --> 00:13:17,639:
my
1828
00:13:17,639 --> 00:13:18,090:
hide
1829
00:13:18,090 --> 00:13:18,389:
this
1830
00:13:18,389 --> 00:13:18,750:
day,
1831
00:13:18,750 --> 00:13:19,139:
unless
1832
00:13:19,139 --> 00:13:19,320:
you
1833
00:13:19,320 --> 00:13:20,100:
breathe
1834
00:13:20,100 --> 00:13:20,340:
as
1835
00:13:20,340 --> 00:13:20,399:
a
1836
00:13:20,399 --> 00:13:20,940:
fish
1837
00:13:20,940 --> 00:13:23,009:
does!”
Dirsche
1838
00:13:23,009 --> 00:13:23,580:
nodded
1839
00:13:23,580 --> 00:13:23,759:
and
1840
00:13:23,759 --> 00:13:24,269:
glanced
1841
00:13:24,269 --> 00:13:24,659:
down
1842
00:13:24,659 --> 00:13:24,870:
at
1843
00:13:24,870 --> 00:13:25,019:
his
1844
00:13:25,019 --> 00:13:25,409:
dragon
1845
00:13:25,409 --> 00:13:26,009:
gauntleted
1846
00:13:26,009 --> 00:13:27,480:
hands. “I
1847
00:13:27,480 --> 00:13:27,690:
fear
1848
00:13:27,690 --> 00:13:27,840:
you
1849
00:13:27,840 --> 00:13:27,960:
are
1850
00:13:27,960 --> 00:13:28,500:
most
1851
00:13:28,500 --> 00:13:28,889:
observant
1852
00:13:28,889 --> 00:13:29,700:
and no fool,
1853
00:13:29,700 --> 00:13:29,970:
mighty
1854
00:13:29,970 --> 00:13:30,330:
mistress
1855
00:13:30,330 --> 00:13:30,389:
of
1856
00:13:30,389 --> 00:13:30,480:
the
1857
00:13:30,480 --> 00:13:31,200:
lake.
1858
00:13:31,200 --> 00:13:31,559:
Nor
1859
00:13:31,559 --> 00:13:31,710:
am
1860
00:13:31,710 --> 00:13:32,519:
I.
1861
00:13:32,519 --> 00:13:32,820:
One
1862
00:13:32,820 --> 00:13:33,000:
does
1863
00:13:33,000 --> 00:13:33,210:
not
1864
00:13:33,210 --> 00:13:33,600:
brace
1865
00:13:33,600 --> 00:13:33,659:
a
1866
00:13:33,659 --> 00:13:34,139:
dragon
1867
00:13:34,139 --> 00:13:34,230:
at
1868
00:13:34,230 --> 00:13:34,320:
the
1869
00:13:34,320 --> 00:13:34,799:
lintel
1870
00:13:34,799 --> 00:13:34,889:
of
1871
00:13:34,889 --> 00:13:35,039:
their
1872
00:13:35,039 --> 00:13:35,340:
lair
1873
00:13:35,340 --> 00:13:37,320:
with,
1874
00:13:37,320 --> 00:13:37,950:
ahem, ‘cloacally
1875
00:13:37,950 --> 00:13:38,519:
spawned’
1876
00:13:38,519 --> 00:13:39,360:
music
1877
00:13:39,360 --> 00:13:39,779:
without
1878
00:13:39,779 --> 00:13:40,289:
expecting
1879
00:13:40,289 --> 00:13:40,350:
a
1880
00:13:40,350 --> 00:13:40,769:
less
1881
00:13:40,769 --> 00:13:41,250:
vocal
1882
00:13:41,250 --> 00:13:41,370:
and
1883
00:13:41,370 --> 00:13:41,639:
more
1884
00:13:41,639 --> 00:13:42,179:
violent
1885
00:13:42,179 --> 00:13:43,799:
greeting.”
Azure
1886
00:13:43,799 --> 00:13:44,340:
eyes
1887
00:13:44,340 --> 00:13:45,149:
narrowed,
1888
00:13:45,149 --> 00:13:45,870:
cat-like
1889
00:13:45,870 --> 00:13:46,409:
pupils
1890
00:13:46,409 --> 00:13:47,070:
widening
1891
00:13:47,070 --> 00:13:48,629:
slightly, “Then
1892
00:13:48,629 --> 00:13:49,230:
why
1893
00:13:49,230 --> 00:13:49,440:
have
1894
00:13:49,440 --> 00:13:49,649:
you
1895
00:13:49,649 --> 00:13:50,460:
disturbed
1896
00:13:50,460 --> 00:13:50,639:
me
1897
00:13:50,639 --> 00:13:50,850:
with
1898
00:13:50,850 --> 00:13:51,120:
your
1899
00:13:51,120 --> 00:13:52,019:
annoying
1900
00:13:52,019 --> 00:13:53,279:
shrill?”
1901
00:13:53,279 --> 00:13:53,610:
She
1902
00:13:53,610 --> 00:13:54,269:
coughed
1903
00:13:54,269 --> 00:13:54,330:
a
1904
00:13:54,330 --> 00:13:55,110:
furious
1905
00:13:55,110 --> 00:13:57,059:
growl.
“As
1906
00:13:57,059 --> 00:13:57,149:
I
1907
00:13:57,149 --> 00:13:58,049:
said,
1908
00:13:58,049 --> 00:13:58,200:
to
1909
00:13:58,200 --> 00:13:58,529:
share
1910
00:13:58,529 --> 00:13:58,590:
a
1911
00:13:58,590 --> 00:13:59,070:
story
1912
00:13:59,070 --> 00:13:59,789:
and,
1913
00:13:59,789 --> 00:14:01,049:
perchance,
1914
00:14:01,049 --> 00:14:01,379:
enter
1915
00:14:01,379 --> 00:14:01,620:
into
1916
00:14:01,620 --> 00:14:01,679:
a
1917
00:14:01,679 --> 00:14:03,990:
bargain.”
“What
1918
00:14:03,990 --> 00:14:05,820:
bargain?”
“In
1919
00:14:05,820 --> 00:14:06,029:
due
1920
00:14:06,029 --> 00:14:06,480:
time,
1921
00:14:06,480 --> 00:14:06,750:
great
1922
00:14:06,750 --> 00:14:07,559:
one.
1923
00:14:07,559 --> 00:14:07,769:
If
1924
00:14:07,769 --> 00:14:07,889:
I
1925
00:14:07,889 --> 00:14:08,100:
might
1926
00:14:08,100 --> 00:14:08,340:
ask
1927
00:14:08,340 --> 00:14:08,490:
one
1928
00:14:08,490 --> 00:14:09,509:
question?
1929
00:14:09,509 --> 00:14:09,750:
Have
1930
00:14:09,750 --> 00:14:09,960:
you
1931
00:14:09,960 --> 00:14:10,559:
mastered
1932
00:14:10,559 --> 00:14:10,740:
the
1933
00:14:10,740 --> 00:14:11,039:
art
1934
00:14:11,039 --> 00:14:11,159:
of
1935
00:14:11,159 --> 00:14:11,610:
draconic
1936
00:14:11,610 --> 00:14:13,470:
shapeshifting?”
Gaze
1937
00:14:13,470 --> 00:14:13,980:
hardening
1938
00:14:13,980 --> 00:14:14,100:
the
1939
00:14:14,100 --> 00:14:14,669:
dragoness
1940
00:14:14,669 --> 00:14:15,299:
snorted
1941
00:14:15,299 --> 00:14:15,360:
a
1942
00:14:15,360 --> 00:14:15,870:
plume
1943
00:14:15,870 --> 00:14:15,990:
of
1944
00:14:15,990 --> 00:14:16,470:
steam
1945
00:14:16,470 --> 00:14:16,620:
from
1946
00:14:16,620 --> 00:14:16,799:
her
1947
00:14:16,799 --> 00:14:17,190:
narrow
1948
00:14:17,190 --> 00:14:19,769:
nostrils. “Of course.”
1949
00:14:19,769 --> 00:14:20,009:
she
1950
00:14:20,009 --> 00:14:20,580:
snarled
1951
00:14:20,580 --> 00:14:21,931:
dubiously. “No
1952
00:14:21,931 --> 00:14:22,350:
dragon
1953
00:14:22,350 --> 00:14:22,889:
ventures
1954
00:14:22,889 --> 00:14:23,009:
from
1955
00:14:23,009 --> 00:14:23,100:
the
1956
00:14:23,100 --> 00:14:23,429:
lair
1957
00:14:23,429 --> 00:14:23,549:
of
1958
00:14:23,549 --> 00:14:23,730:
its
1959
00:14:23,730 --> 00:14:24,179:
parents
1960
00:14:24,179 --> 00:14:24,389:
that
1961
00:14:24,389 --> 00:14:24,720:
cannot
1962
00:14:24,720 --> 00:14:25,080:
assume
1963
00:14:25,080 --> 00:14:25,139:
a
1964
00:14:25,139 --> 00:14:25,409:
less
1965
00:14:25,409 --> 00:14:26,039:
conspicuous
1966
00:14:26,039 --> 00:14:28,320:
form.”
“Magnificent,
1967
00:14:28,320 --> 00:14:28,559:
you
1968
00:14:28,559 --> 00:14:29,159:
are.”
1969
00:14:29,159 --> 00:14:29,797:
Sir Dirsche
1970
00:14:29,797 --> 00:14:30,149:
clapped
1971
00:14:30,149 --> 00:14:30,779:
his gauntleted
1972
00:14:30,779 --> 00:14:31,080:
hands
1973
00:14:31,080 --> 00:14:32,340:
once. “If
1974
00:14:32,340 --> 00:14:32,429:
you
1975
00:14:32,429 --> 00:14:32,850:
may,
1976
00:14:32,850 --> 00:14:33,179:
great
1977
00:14:33,179 --> 00:14:34,259:
mistress,
1978
00:14:34,259 --> 00:14:34,352:
a
1979
00:14:34,352 --> 00:14:36,360:
display?”
The
1980
00:14:36,360 --> 00:14:36,960:
large
1981
00:14:36,960 --> 00:14:37,350:
head
1982
00:14:37,350 --> 00:14:37,620:
drew
1983
00:14:37,620 --> 00:14:37,919:
back
1984
00:14:37,919 --> 00:14:38,580:
slightly
1985
00:14:38,580 --> 00:14:38,700:
in
1986
00:14:38,700 --> 00:14:39,960:
distrust. “That
1987
00:14:39,960 --> 00:14:40,049:
you
1988
00:14:40,049 --> 00:14:40,230:
may
1989
00:14:40,230 --> 00:14:40,409:
cut
1990
00:14:40,409 --> 00:14:40,559:
me
1991
00:14:40,559 --> 00:14:41,039:
down
1992
00:14:41,039 --> 00:14:41,190:
in
1993
00:14:41,190 --> 00:14:41,549:
some
1994
00:14:41,549 --> 00:14:41,850:
weak
1995
00:14:41,850 --> 00:14:43,230:
form?
1996
00:14:43,230 --> 00:14:44,580:
No.”
1997
00:14:44,580 --> 00:14:44,759:
Her
1998
00:14:44,759 --> 00:14:45,509:
snarl
1999
00:14:45,509 --> 00:14:45,840:
showed
2000
00:14:45,840 --> 00:14:45,899:
a
2001
00:14:45,899 --> 00:14:46,799:
distressing
2002
00:14:46,799 --> 00:14:47,220:
array
2003
00:14:47,220 --> 00:14:47,370:
of
2004
00:14:47,370 --> 00:14:48,000:
gleaming
2005
00:14:48,000 --> 00:14:48,509:
ivory
2006
00:14:48,509 --> 00:14:49,889:
points. “You
2007
00:14:49,889 --> 00:14:50,490:
presume
2008
00:14:50,490 --> 00:14:51,029:
far
2009
00:14:51,029 --> 00:14:51,330:
too
2010
00:14:51,330 --> 00:14:51,809:
much,
2011
00:14:51,809 --> 00:14:54,210:
scourge.”
The knight
2012
00:14:54,210 --> 00:14:54,840:
conceded
2013
00:14:54,840 --> 00:14:54,960:
the
2014
00:14:54,960 --> 00:14:55,350:
point
2015
00:14:55,350 --> 00:14:55,500:
with
2016
00:14:55,500 --> 00:14:55,559:
a
2017
00:14:55,559 --> 00:14:56,129:
rolling
2018
00:14:56,129 --> 00:14:56,460:
wave
2019
00:14:56,460 --> 00:14:56,580:
of
2020
00:14:56,580 --> 00:14:56,820:
one
2021
00:14:56,820 --> 00:14:57,990:
hand. “I
2022
00:14:57,990 --> 00:14:58,169:
have
2023
00:14:58,169 --> 00:14:58,409:
not
2024
00:14:58,409 --> 00:14:58,649:
taken
2025
00:14:58,649 --> 00:14:58,740:
up
2026
00:14:58,740 --> 00:14:58,889:
my
2027
00:14:58,889 --> 00:14:59,250:
sword,
2028
00:14:59,250 --> 00:15:00,090:
mistress,
2029
00:15:00,090 --> 00:15:00,360:
nor
2030
00:15:00,360 --> 00:15:00,720:
shall
2031
00:15:00,720 --> 00:15:01,440:
I.
2032
00:15:01,440 --> 00:15:01,590:
I
2033
00:15:01,590 --> 00:15:01,980:
merely
2034
00:15:01,980 --> 00:15:02,279:
wish
2035
00:15:02,279 --> 00:15:02,340:
to
2036
00:15:02,340 --> 00:15:02,519:
see
2037
00:15:02,519 --> 00:15:02,700:
you
2038
00:15:02,700 --> 00:15:03,269:
change,
2039
00:15:03,269 --> 00:15:03,389:
the
2040
00:15:03,389 --> 00:15:03,840:
manner
2041
00:15:03,840 --> 00:15:04,019:
would
2042
00:15:04,019 --> 00:15:04,169:
be
2043
00:15:04,169 --> 00:15:04,769:
entirely
2044
00:15:04,769 --> 00:15:04,980:
your
2045
00:15:04,980 --> 00:15:07,830:
choice.”
“Why?”
2046
00:15:07,830 --> 00:15:08,009:
Though
2047
00:15:08,009 --> 00:15:08,309:
not
2048
00:15:08,309 --> 00:15:08,399:
the
2049
00:15:08,399 --> 00:15:08,940:
previous
2050
00:15:08,940 --> 00:15:09,480:
teakettle
2051
00:15:09,480 --> 00:15:09,960:
shriek
2052
00:15:09,960 --> 00:15:10,110:
or
2053
00:15:10,110 --> 00:15:10,649:
coughing
2054
00:15:10,649 --> 00:15:11,490:
snarl
2055
00:15:11,490 --> 00:15:11,669:
her
2056
00:15:11,669 --> 00:15:12,120:
voice
2057
00:15:12,120 --> 00:15:12,750:
still
2058
00:15:12,750 --> 00:15:13,440:
growled
2059
00:15:13,440 --> 00:15:13,649:
with
2060
00:15:13,649 --> 00:15:15,690:
irritation.
“Surety,
2061
00:15:15,690 --> 00:15:16,470:
mistress.
2062
00:15:16,470 --> 00:15:16,679:
A
2063
00:15:16,679 --> 00:15:17,250:
formality,
2064
00:15:17,250 --> 00:15:17,669:
only,
2065
00:15:17,669 --> 00:15:18,210:
before
2066
00:15:18,210 --> 00:15:18,330:
I
2067
00:15:18,330 --> 00:15:18,720:
continue with
2068
00:15:18,720 --> 00:15:18,899:
my
2069
00:15:18,899 --> 00:15:21,000:
parlay.”
“And
2070
00:15:21,000 --> 00:15:21,240:
if
2071
00:15:21,240 --> 00:15:21,450:
I
2072
00:15:21,450 --> 00:15:23,159:
refuse?”
“Then
2073
00:15:23,159 --> 00:15:23,250:
I
2074
00:15:23,250 --> 00:15:23,490:
shall
2075
00:15:23,490 --> 00:15:23,850:
leave,
2076
00:15:23,850 --> 00:15:24,450:
peacefully,
2077
00:15:24,450 --> 00:15:24,600:
and
2078
00:15:24,600 --> 00:15:24,960:
speak
2079
00:15:24,960 --> 00:15:25,230:
naught
2080
00:15:25,230 --> 00:15:25,320:
of
2081
00:15:25,320 --> 00:15:25,440:
our
2082
00:15:25,440 --> 00:15:25,950:
parlay,
2083
00:15:25,950 --> 00:15:26,309:
or
2084
00:15:26,309 --> 00:15:26,549:
this
2085
00:15:26,549 --> 00:15:27,179:
place,
2086
00:15:27,179 --> 00:15:27,450:
to
2087
00:15:27,450 --> 00:15:27,690:
any
2088
00:15:27,690 --> 00:15:28,769:
other.”
2089
00:15:28,769 --> 00:15:28,889:
He
2090
00:15:28,889 --> 00:15:29,370:
replied
2091
00:15:29,370 --> 00:15:30,210:
succinctly,
2092
00:15:30,210 --> 00:15:30,870:
still
2093
00:15:30,870 --> 00:15:31,440:
unmoving
2094
00:15:31,440 --> 00:15:31,620:
from
2095
00:15:31,620 --> 00:15:31,710:
his
2096
00:15:31,710 --> 00:15:32,009:
stone
2097
00:15:32,009 --> 00:15:32,700:
perch,
2098
00:15:32,700 --> 00:15:33,149:
hands
2099
00:15:33,149 --> 00:15:33,750:
clasped
2100
00:15:33,750 --> 00:15:34,080:
upon
2101
00:15:34,080 --> 00:15:34,289:
his
2102
00:15:34,289 --> 00:15:34,559:
knee
2103
00:15:34,559 --> 00:15:34,679:
with
2104
00:15:34,679 --> 00:15:35,190:
complete
2105
00:15:35,190 --> 00:15:35,669:
aplomb
2106
00:15:35,669 --> 00:15:36,090:
despite
2107
00:15:36,090 --> 00:15:36,480:
bracing
2108
00:15:36,480 --> 00:15:36,539:
a
2109
00:15:36,539 --> 00:15:38,820:
dragon. “Or,
2110
00:15:38,820 --> 00:15:39,570:
perhaps,
2111
00:15:39,570 --> 00:15:40,080:
continue
2112
00:15:40,080 --> 00:15:40,289:
my
2113
00:15:40,289 --> 00:15:42,029:
serenade.”
The
2114
00:15:42,029 --> 00:15:42,690:
dragon’s
2115
00:15:42,690 --> 00:15:43,350:
ear-frills
2116
00:15:43,350 --> 00:15:44,070:
rose
2117
00:15:44,070 --> 00:15:44,159:
in
2118
00:15:44,159 --> 00:15:44,789:
surprise
2119
00:15:44,789 --> 00:15:45,179:
before
2120
00:15:45,179 --> 00:15:45,691:
backing
2121
00:15:45,691 --> 00:15:45,779:
in
2122
00:15:45,779 --> 00:15:47,220:
disgust. “I
2123
00:15:47,220 --> 00:15:47,549:
should
2124
00:15:47,549 --> 00:15:47,820:
eat
2125
00:15:47,820 --> 00:15:47,940:
you
2126
00:15:47,940 --> 00:15:48,149:
for
2127
00:15:48,149 --> 00:15:48,389:
that
2128
00:15:48,389 --> 00:15:49,470:
alone!
2129
00:15:49,470 --> 00:15:49,649:
If
2130
00:15:49,649 --> 00:15:49,769:
the
2131
00:15:49,769 --> 00:15:50,299:
taste
2132
00:15:50,299 --> 00:15:50,429:
would
2133
00:15:50,429 --> 00:15:50,610:
not
2134
00:15:50,610 --> 00:15:51,179:
sour
2135
00:15:51,179 --> 00:15:51,419:
my
2136
00:15:51,419 --> 00:15:51,690:
gut
2137
00:15:51,690 --> 00:15:51,809:
and
2138
00:15:51,809 --> 00:15:52,379:
reverse
2139
00:15:52,379 --> 00:15:52,679:
my
2140
00:15:52,679 --> 00:15:53,639:
gorge.”
2141
00:15:53,639 --> 00:15:53,970:
She
2142
00:15:53,970 --> 00:15:54,509:
glared
2143
00:15:54,509 --> 00:15:54,840:
down
2144
00:15:54,840 --> 00:15:54,960:
at
2145
00:15:54,960 --> 00:15:55,230:
him
2146
00:15:55,230 --> 00:15:55,889:
unmoving
2147
00:15:55,889 --> 00:15:56,279:
upon
2148
00:15:56,279 --> 00:15:56,460:
his
2149
00:15:56,460 --> 00:15:56,730:
seat
2150
00:15:56,730 --> 00:15:56,850:
of
2151
00:15:56,850 --> 00:15:57,629:
stone,
2152
00:15:57,629 --> 00:15:58,139:
sword
2153
00:15:58,139 --> 00:15:58,259:
and
2154
00:15:58,259 --> 00:15:58,769:
recorder
2155
00:15:58,769 --> 00:15:59,190:
both
2156
00:15:59,190 --> 00:15:59,580:
within
2157
00:15:59,580 --> 00:15:59,940:
easy
2158
00:15:59,940 --> 00:16:01,080:
reach.
2159
00:16:01,080 --> 00:16:01,950:
Indeed,
2160
00:16:01,950 --> 00:16:02,100:
the
2161
00:16:02,100 --> 00:16:02,399:
toe
2162
00:16:02,399 --> 00:16:02,519:
of
2163
00:16:02,519 --> 00:16:02,639:
his
2164
00:16:02,639 --> 00:16:03,330:
sabbaton
2165
00:16:03,330 --> 00:16:03,840:
tapped
2166
00:16:03,840 --> 00:16:04,230:
lightly
2167
00:16:04,230 --> 00:16:04,320:
at
2168
00:16:04,320 --> 00:16:04,440:
the
2169
00:16:04,440 --> 00:16:04,799:
butt
2170
00:16:04,799 --> 00:16:04,889:
of
2171
00:16:04,889 --> 00:16:05,009:
the
2172
00:16:05,009 --> 00:16:05,610:
sheathed
2173
00:16:05,610 --> 00:16:06,090:
weapon
2174
00:16:06,090 --> 00:16:06,480:
leaning
2175
00:16:06,480 --> 00:16:06,840:
against
2176
00:16:06,840 --> 00:16:06,899:
the
2177
00:16:06,899 --> 00:16:08,909:
stone. “Oh,
2178
00:16:08,909 --> 00:16:09,480:
very
2179
00:16:09,480 --> 00:16:10,019:
well,
2180
00:16:10,019 --> 00:16:10,259:
if
2181
00:16:10,259 --> 00:16:10,409:
it
2182
00:16:10,409 --> 00:16:10,649:
will
2183
00:16:10,649 --> 00:16:11,009:
bring
2184
00:16:11,009 --> 00:16:11,190:
you
2185
00:16:11,190 --> 00:16:11,340:
to
2186
00:16:11,340 --> 00:16:11,970:
vacate
2187
00:16:11,970 --> 00:16:12,269:
all
2188
00:16:12,269 --> 00:16:12,389:
the
2189
00:16:12,389 --> 00:16:12,659:
more
2190
00:16:12,659 --> 00:16:14,220:
swiftly.”
With
2191
00:16:14,220 --> 00:16:14,279:
a
2192
00:16:14,279 --> 00:16:14,940:
long
2193
00:16:14,940 --> 00:16:15,570:
suffering
2194
00:16:15,570 --> 00:16:16,080:
sigh
2195
00:16:16,080 --> 00:16:16,230:
the
2196
00:16:16,230 --> 00:16:16,919:
dragoness
2197
00:16:16,919 --> 00:16:17,490:
raised
2198
00:16:17,490 --> 00:16:17,789:
one
2199
00:16:17,789 --> 00:16:18,419:
stout
2200
00:16:18,419 --> 00:16:18,990:
foreleg and
2201
00:16:18,990 --> 00:16:19,500:
extended
2202
00:16:19,500 --> 00:16:20,789:
it,flexing
2203
00:16:20,789 --> 00:16:20,940:
the
2204
00:16:20,940 --> 00:16:21,419:
deadly,
2205
00:16:21,419 --> 00:16:21,870:
clawed
2206
00:16:21,870 --> 00:16:22,830:
foot.
2207
00:16:22,830 --> 00:16:23,309:
Typical
2208
00:16:23,309 --> 00:16:23,399:
of
2209
00:16:23,399 --> 00:16:24,029:
dragons
2210
00:16:24,029 --> 00:16:24,149:
it
2211
00:16:24,149 --> 00:16:24,450:
had
2212
00:16:24,450 --> 00:16:24,779:
three
2213
00:16:24,779 --> 00:16:25,259:
forward
2214
00:16:25,259 --> 00:16:25,740:
toes
2215
00:16:25,740 --> 00:16:25,860:
and
2216
00:16:25,860 --> 00:16:26,549:
one,
2217
00:16:26,549 --> 00:16:27,269:
opposable,
2218
00:16:27,269 --> 00:16:27,389:
to
2219
00:16:27,389 --> 00:16:27,539:
the
2220
00:16:27,539 --> 00:16:28,649:
rear.
2221
00:16:28,649 --> 00:16:28,889:
When
2222
00:16:28,889 --> 00:16:29,100:
his
2223
00:16:29,100 --> 00:16:29,490:
gaze
2224
00:16:29,490 --> 00:16:30,059:
shifted
2225
00:16:30,059 --> 00:16:30,240:
to
2226
00:16:30,240 --> 00:16:30,419:
it
2227
00:16:30,419 --> 00:16:30,659:
she
2228
00:16:30,659 --> 00:16:30,870:
gave
2229
00:16:30,870 --> 00:16:30,929:
a
2230
00:16:30,929 --> 00:16:31,200:
quick
2231
00:16:31,200 --> 00:16:31,649:
shake
2232
00:16:31,649 --> 00:16:32,340:
and,
2233
00:16:32,340 --> 00:16:32,549:
too
2234
00:16:32,549 --> 00:16:33,000:
quickly
2235
00:16:33,000 --> 00:16:33,179:
for
2236
00:16:33,179 --> 00:16:33,360:
his
2237
00:16:33,360 --> 00:16:33,600:
eyes
2238
00:16:33,600 --> 00:16:33,690:
to
2239
00:16:33,690 --> 00:16:34,230:
follow,
2240
00:16:34,230 --> 00:16:34,409:
it
2241
00:16:34,409 --> 00:16:34,529:
was
2242
00:16:34,529 --> 00:16:34,590:
a
2243
00:16:34,590 --> 00:16:35,519:
hoof.
2244
00:16:35,519 --> 00:16:35,909:
Another
2245
00:16:35,909 --> 00:16:36,299:
shake
2246
00:16:36,299 --> 00:16:36,419:
and
2247
00:16:36,419 --> 00:16:36,509:
it
2248
00:16:36,509 --> 00:16:36,629:
was
2249
00:16:36,629 --> 00:16:36,690:
a
2250
00:16:36,690 --> 00:16:37,470:
massive
2251
00:16:37,470 --> 00:16:38,159:
paw,
2252
00:16:38,159 --> 00:16:39,090:
diminutive
2253
00:16:39,090 --> 00:16:39,509:
upon
2254
00:16:39,509 --> 00:16:39,629:
the
2255
00:16:39,629 --> 00:16:39,840:
end
2256
00:16:39,840 --> 00:16:39,899:
of
2257
00:16:39,899 --> 00:16:40,049:
her
2258
00:16:40,049 --> 00:16:40,320:
great
2259
00:16:40,320 --> 00:16:40,889:
foreleg,
2260
00:16:40,889 --> 00:16:41,070:
like
2261
00:16:41,070 --> 00:16:41,129:
a
2262
00:16:41,129 --> 00:16:42,269:
bear’s.
2263
00:16:42,269 --> 00:16:42,480:
With
2264
00:16:42,480 --> 00:16:42,539:
a
2265
00:16:42,539 --> 00:16:42,899:
third
2266
00:16:42,899 --> 00:16:43,379:
shake
2267
00:16:43,379 --> 00:16:43,529:
it
2268
00:16:43,529 --> 00:16:43,679:
was
2269
00:16:43,679 --> 00:16:43,740:
a
2270
00:16:43,740 --> 00:16:44,370:
silvery
2271
00:16:44,370 --> 00:16:44,700:
white
2272
00:16:44,700 --> 00:16:45,240:
gauntlet
2273
00:16:45,240 --> 00:16:45,899:
identical
2274
00:16:45,899 --> 00:16:45,990:
to
2275
00:16:45,990 --> 00:16:47,820:
Dirsche’s own.
Throughout the
2276
00:16:47,820 --> 00:16:48,330:
display
2277
00:16:48,330 --> 00:16:48,779:
the knight
2278
00:16:48,779 --> 00:16:48,929:
had
2279
00:16:48,929 --> 00:16:49,169:
not
2280
00:16:49,169 --> 00:16:49,649:
moved
2281
00:16:49,649 --> 00:16:49,889:
other
2282
00:16:49,889 --> 00:16:50,039:
than
2283
00:16:50,039 --> 00:16:50,129:
to
2284
00:16:50,129 --> 00:16:50,519:
nod
2285
00:16:50,519 --> 00:16:52,769:
approvingly. “Amazing.
2286
00:16:52,769 --> 00:16:53,429:
Impressive.
2287
00:16:53,429 --> 00:16:53,669:
I’ve
2288
00:16:53,669 --> 00:16:53,970:
never
2289
00:16:53,970 --> 00:16:54,450:
encountered
2290
00:16:54,450 --> 00:16:54,509:
a
2291
00:16:54,509 --> 00:16:54,870:
dragon
2292
00:16:54,870 --> 00:16:54,990:
who
2293
00:16:54,990 --> 00:16:55,139:
had
2294
00:16:55,139 --> 00:16:55,379:
such
2295
00:16:55,379 --> 00:16:56,460:
control.
2296
00:16:56,460 --> 00:16:56,970:
Usually
2297
00:16:56,970 --> 00:16:57,240:
it’s
2298
00:16:57,240 --> 00:16:57,690:
everything
2299
00:16:57,690 --> 00:16:57,779:
or
2300
00:16:57,779 --> 00:16:59,250:
nothing.”
“Such
2301
00:16:59,250 --> 00:16:59,789:
control
2302
00:16:59,789 --> 00:17:00,000:
is
2303
00:17:00,000 --> 00:17:00,419:
common
2304
00:17:00,419 --> 00:17:00,600:
for
2305
00:17:00,600 --> 00:17:00,809:
my
2306
00:17:00,809 --> 00:17:01,529:
line,
2307
00:17:01,529 --> 00:17:01,710:
and
2308
00:17:01,710 --> 00:17:01,919:
I
2309
00:17:01,919 --> 00:17:02,129:
have
2310
00:17:02,129 --> 00:17:02,490:
proven
2311
00:17:02,490 --> 00:17:02,850:
more
2312
00:17:02,850 --> 00:17:03,210:
adept
2313
00:17:03,210 --> 00:17:03,299:
at
2314
00:17:03,299 --> 00:17:03,389:
the
2315
00:17:03,389 --> 00:17:03,899:
ability
2316
00:17:03,899 --> 00:17:04,140:
than
2317
00:17:04,140 --> 00:17:04,470:
most
2318
00:17:04,470 --> 00:17:04,890:
even
2319
00:17:04,890 --> 00:17:05,940:
then.”
2320
00:17:05,940 --> 00:17:06,269:
She
2321
00:17:06,269 --> 00:17:06,869:
boasted
2322
00:17:06,869 --> 00:17:07,019:
with
2323
00:17:07,019 --> 00:17:07,500:
draconic
2324
00:17:07,500 --> 00:17:08,309:
pride,
2325
00:17:08,309 --> 00:17:08,789:
another
2326
00:17:08,789 --> 00:17:09,150:
common
2327
00:17:09,150 --> 00:17:11,400:
vice. “Again,
2328
00:17:11,400 --> 00:17:11,819:
why
2329
00:17:11,819 --> 00:17:11,940:
do
2330
00:17:11,940 --> 00:17:12,106:
you
2331
00:17:12,106 --> 00:17:13,319:
ask?”
2332
00:17:13,319 --> 00:17:13,829:
Somewhat
2333
00:17:13,829 --> 00:17:14,430:
mollified
2334
00:17:14,430 --> 00:17:14,579:
by
2335
00:17:14,579 --> 00:17:14,700:
the
2336
00:17:14,700 --> 00:17:15,150:
strange
2337
00:17:15,150 --> 00:17:15,539:
seeming
2338
00:17:15,539 --> 00:17:15,900:
peace
2339
00:17:15,900 --> 00:17:15,990:
of
2340
00:17:15,990 --> 00:17:16,140:
his
2341
00:17:16,140 --> 00:17:16,890:
presence
2342
00:17:16,890 --> 00:17:17,039:
her
2343
00:17:17,039 --> 00:17:17,490:
voice
2344
00:17:17,490 --> 00:17:18,089:
calmed
2345
00:17:18,089 --> 00:17:18,269:
to
2346
00:17:18,269 --> 00:17:18,329:
a
2347
00:17:18,329 --> 00:17:18,930:
mellow,
2348
00:17:18,930 --> 00:17:19,500:
rolling
2349
00:17:19,500 --> 00:17:20,339:
rumble
2350
00:17:20,339 --> 00:17:21,000:
passibly
2351
00:17:21,000 --> 00:17:21,509:
pleasing
2352
00:17:21,509 --> 00:17:21,630:
to
2353
00:17:21,630 --> 00:17:21,720:
the
2354
00:17:21,720 --> 00:17:23,190:
ear.
“Are
2355
00:17:23,190 --> 00:17:23,339:
you
2356
00:17:23,339 --> 00:17:23,759:
familiar
2357
00:17:23,759 --> 00:17:23,880:
with
2358
00:17:23,880 --> 00:17:24,150:
King
2359
00:17:24,150 --> 00:17:24,779:
Arso,
2360
00:17:24,779 --> 00:17:25,019:
who
2361
00:17:25,019 --> 00:17:25,589:
rules
2362
00:17:25,589 --> 00:17:25,710:
the
2363
00:17:25,710 --> 00:17:26,039:
land
2364
00:17:26,039 --> 00:17:26,160:
of
2365
00:17:26,160 --> 00:17:26,640:
Amyre,
2366
00:17:26,640 --> 00:17:26,849:
which
2367
00:17:26,849 --> 00:17:27,660:
encompasses
2368
00:17:27,660 --> 00:17:27,990:
these
2369
00:17:27,990 --> 00:17:28,500:
mountains
2370
00:17:28,500 --> 00:17:28,799:
within
2371
00:17:28,799 --> 00:17:30,210:
its demesne?”
The
2372
00:17:30,210 --> 00:17:30,809:
dragoness
2373
00:17:30,809 --> 00:17:31,319:
nodded
2374
00:17:31,319 --> 00:17:31,470:
her
2375
00:17:31,470 --> 00:17:31,859:
great
2376
00:17:31,859 --> 00:17:32,226:
head
2377
00:17:32,226 --> 00:17:33,450:
slowly. “By
2378
00:17:33,450 --> 00:17:33,839:
name
2379
00:17:33,839 --> 00:17:34,380:
and deed,
2380
00:17:34,380 --> 00:17:34,529:
if
2381
00:17:34,529 --> 00:17:34,799:
not
2382
00:17:34,799 --> 00:17:35,009:
his
2383
00:17:35,009 --> 00:17:35,849:
person.
2384
00:17:35,849 --> 00:17:35,970:
He
2385
00:17:35,970 --> 00:17:36,119:
is
2386
00:17:36,119 --> 00:17:36,359:
not
2387
00:17:36,359 --> 00:17:36,539:
one
2388
00:17:36,539 --> 00:17:36,660:
who
2389
00:17:36,660 --> 00:17:37,259:
champions
2390
00:17:37,259 --> 00:17:37,349:
the
2391
00:17:37,349 --> 00:17:37,859:
slaying
2392
00:17:37,859 --> 00:17:37,980:
of
2393
00:17:37,980 --> 00:17:38,220:
my
2394
00:17:38,220 --> 00:17:39,359:
Kind.”
“He
2395
00:17:39,359 --> 00:17:39,509:
is
2396
00:17:39,509 --> 00:17:40,410:
not.”
2397
00:17:40,410 --> 00:17:40,890:
Dirsche
2398
00:17:40,890 --> 00:17:41,190:
agreed
2399
00:17:41,190 --> 00:17:41,369:
with a
2400
00:17:41,369 --> 00:17:42,569:
nod, “Though
2401
00:17:42,569 --> 00:17:42,690:
he
2402
00:17:42,690 --> 00:17:43,049:
has
2403
00:17:43,049 --> 00:17:43,289:
been
2404
00:17:43,289 --> 00:17:43,799:
occasioned
2405
00:17:43,799 --> 00:17:43,890:
to
2406
00:17:43,890 --> 00:17:44,099:
that
2407
00:17:44,099 --> 00:17:44,609:
task,
2408
00:17:44,609 --> 00:17:44,940:
aiding
2409
00:17:44,940 --> 00:17:45,059:
in
2410
00:17:45,059 --> 00:17:45,119:
the
2411
00:17:45,119 --> 00:17:45,599:
removal
2412
00:17:45,599 --> 00:17:45,690:
of
2413
00:17:45,690 --> 00:17:46,559:
two.
2414
00:17:46,559 --> 00:17:46,680:
It
2415
00:17:46,680 --> 00:17:46,799:
was
2416
00:17:46,799 --> 00:17:47,099:
after
2417
00:17:47,099 --> 00:17:47,220:
the
2418
00:17:47,220 --> 00:17:47,670:
first
2419
00:17:47,670 --> 00:17:47,789:
that
2420
00:17:47,789 --> 00:17:47,880:
I
2421
00:17:47,880 --> 00:17:48,240:
became
2422
00:17:48,240 --> 00:17:48,390:
his
2423
00:17:48,390 --> 00:17:48,900:
squire
2424
00:17:48,900 --> 00:17:49,289:
and,
2425
00:17:49,289 --> 00:17:49,500:
in
2426
00:17:49,500 --> 00:17:50,160:
time,
2427
00:17:50,160 --> 00:17:50,339:
he
2428
00:17:50,339 --> 00:17:50,910:
patroned my
2429
00:17:50,910 --> 00:17:51,450:
elevation
2430
00:17:51,450 --> 00:17:51,599:
to
2431
00:17:51,599 --> 00:17:52,259:
knighthood
2432
00:17:52,259 --> 00:17:52,313:
and
2433
00:17:52,313 --> 00:17:52,366:
a
2434
00:17:52,366 --> 00:17:52,769:
landed
2435
00:17:52,769 --> 00:17:53,730:
title.
“You
2436
00:17:53,730 --> 00:17:54,180:
see,
2437
00:17:54,180 --> 00:17:54,420:
he
2438
00:17:54,420 --> 00:17:54,660:
has
2439
00:17:54,660 --> 00:17:54,809:
no
2440
00:17:54,809 --> 00:17:55,380:
surviving
2441
00:17:55,380 --> 00:17:55,859:
heirs,
2442
00:17:55,859 --> 00:17:56,160:
no
2443
00:17:56,160 --> 00:17:56,640:
prince
2444
00:17:56,640 --> 00:17:56,789:
or
2445
00:17:56,789 --> 00:17:57,329:
princess
2446
00:17:57,329 --> 00:17:57,420:
to
2447
00:17:57,420 --> 00:17:57,809:
carry
2448
00:17:57,809 --> 00:17:58,019:
his
2449
00:17:58,019 --> 00:17:58,349:
rule
2450
00:17:58,349 --> 00:17:58,619:
after
2451
00:17:58,619 --> 00:17:58,740:
his
2452
00:17:58,740 --> 00:17:59,789:
passing.
2453
00:17:59,789 --> 00:17:59,970:
Had
2454
00:17:59,970 --> 00:18:00,150:
his
2455
00:18:00,150 --> 00:18:00,509:
dukes
2456
00:18:00,509 --> 00:18:00,839:
known
2457
00:18:00,839 --> 00:18:00,960:
of
2458
00:18:00,960 --> 00:18:01,109:
his
2459
00:18:01,109 --> 00:18:01,470:
secret
2460
00:18:01,470 --> 00:18:02,190:
intentions,
2461
00:18:02,190 --> 00:18:02,519:
that
2462
00:18:02,519 --> 00:18:02,759:
I
2463
00:18:02,759 --> 00:18:02,910:
be
2464
00:18:02,910 --> 00:18:03,480:
adopted
2465
00:18:03,480 --> 00:18:03,660:
as
2466
00:18:03,660 --> 00:18:03,809:
his
2467
00:18:03,809 --> 00:18:04,200:
heir,
2468
00:18:04,200 --> 00:18:04,710:
then
2469
00:18:04,710 --> 00:18:04,980:
I,
2470
00:18:04,980 --> 00:18:05,309:
too,
2471
00:18:05,309 --> 00:18:05,460:
would
2472
00:18:05,460 --> 00:18:05,819:
likely
2473
00:18:05,819 --> 00:18:06,089:
have
2474
00:18:06,089 --> 00:18:06,359:
met
2475
00:18:06,359 --> 00:18:06,599:
my
2476
00:18:06,599 --> 00:18:06,900:
end
2477
00:18:06,900 --> 00:18:07,049:
by
2478
00:18:07,049 --> 00:18:07,619:
mysterious
2479
00:18:07,619 --> 00:18:08,759:
ague.”
2480
00:18:08,759 --> 00:18:08,970:
He
2481
00:18:08,970 --> 00:18:09,660:
sighed
2482
00:18:09,660 --> 00:18:09,809:
and
2483
00:18:09,809 --> 00:18:10,380:
frowned
2484
00:18:10,380 --> 00:18:10,470:
at
2485
00:18:10,470 --> 00:18:10,529:
the
2486
00:18:10,529 --> 00:18:11,400:
labyrinthine
2487
00:18:11,400 --> 00:18:11,910:
perils
2488
00:18:11,910 --> 00:18:11,970:
of
2489
00:18:11,970 --> 00:18:12,930:
politics
2490
00:18:12,930 --> 00:18:13,109:
though
2491
00:18:13,109 --> 00:18:13,259:
he
2492
00:18:13,259 --> 00:18:13,410:
had
2493
00:18:13,410 --> 00:18:13,680:
come
2494
00:18:13,680 --> 00:18:13,799:
to
2495
00:18:13,799 --> 00:18:14,309:
master
2496
00:18:14,309 --> 00:18:14,430:
the
2497
00:18:14,430 --> 00:18:15,000:
noisome
2498
00:18:15,000 --> 00:18:16,410:
game. “Now,
2499
00:18:16,410 --> 00:18:17,099:
alas,
2500
00:18:17,099 --> 00:18:17,250:
that
2501
00:18:17,250 --> 00:18:17,339:
he
2502
00:18:17,339 --> 00:18:17,519:
has
2503
00:18:17,519 --> 00:18:17,849:
reached
2504
00:18:17,849 --> 00:18:17,910:
a
2505
00:18:17,910 --> 00:18:18,240:
point
2506
00:18:18,240 --> 00:18:18,359:
where
2507
00:18:18,359 --> 00:18:18,509:
he
2508
00:18:18,509 --> 00:18:19,019:
fears
2509
00:18:19,019 --> 00:18:19,109:
he
2510
00:18:19,109 --> 00:18:19,259:
will
2511
00:18:19,259 --> 00:18:19,619:
never
2512
00:18:19,619 --> 00:18:19,980:
sire
2513
00:18:19,980 --> 00:18:20,220:
one
2514
00:18:20,220 --> 00:18:20,670:
capable
2515
00:18:20,670 --> 00:18:20,789:
of
2516
00:18:20,789 --> 00:18:21,150:
becoming
2517
00:18:21,150 --> 00:18:21,299:
his
2518
00:18:21,299 --> 00:18:21,539:
heir
2519
00:18:21,539 --> 00:18:21,930:
but
2520
00:18:21,930 --> 00:18:22,289:
merely
2521
00:18:22,289 --> 00:18:22,349:
a
2522
00:18:22,349 --> 00:18:22,859:
regent
2523
00:18:22,859 --> 00:18:23,369:
amidst
2524
00:18:23,369 --> 00:18:23,700:
less
2525
00:18:23,700 --> 00:18:24,150:
honorable
2526
00:18:24,150 --> 00:18:25,200:
men.
2527
00:18:25,200 --> 00:18:25,410:
He
2528
00:18:25,410 --> 00:18:25,769:
seeks
2529
00:18:25,769 --> 00:18:26,160:
one
2530
00:18:26,160 --> 00:18:26,309:
who
2531
00:18:26,309 --> 00:18:26,490:
would
2532
00:18:26,490 --> 00:18:26,640:
be
2533
00:18:26,640 --> 00:18:26,730:
a
2534
00:18:26,730 --> 00:18:27,240:
worthy
2535
00:18:27,240 --> 00:18:27,750:
successor
2536
00:18:27,750 --> 00:18:27,869:
to
2537
00:18:27,869 --> 00:18:27,990:
his
2538
00:18:27,990 --> 00:18:28,619:
throne,
2539
00:18:28,619 --> 00:18:28,920:
and
2540
00:18:28,920 --> 00:18:29,069:
his
2541
00:18:29,069 --> 00:18:30,089:
honor.
2542
00:18:30,089 --> 00:18:30,210:
You
2543
00:18:30,210 --> 00:18:30,569:
see,
2544
00:18:30,569 --> 00:18:30,720:
he
2545
00:18:30,720 --> 00:18:31,019:
cares
2546
00:18:31,019 --> 00:18:31,230:
more
2547
00:18:31,230 --> 00:18:31,410:
for
2548
00:18:31,410 --> 00:18:31,680:
his
2549
00:18:31,680 --> 00:18:32,160:
kingdom
2550
00:18:32,160 --> 00:18:32,339:
than
2551
00:18:32,339 --> 00:18:32,490:
his
2552
00:18:32,490 --> 00:18:33,660:
mortality.
2553
00:18:33,660 --> 00:18:33,990:
He
2554
00:18:33,990 --> 00:18:34,259:
would
2555
00:18:34,259 --> 00:18:34,442:
that
2556
00:18:34,442 --> 00:18:34,498:
a
2557
00:18:34,498 --> 00:18:34,950:
land
2558
00:18:34,950 --> 00:18:35,220:
where
2559
00:18:35,220 --> 00:18:35,549:
fair
2560
00:18:35,549 --> 00:18:35,970:
folk,
2561
00:18:35,970 --> 00:18:36,299:
fur
2562
00:18:36,299 --> 00:18:36,690:
folk,
2563
00:18:36,690 --> 00:18:36,869:
and
2564
00:18:36,869 --> 00:18:37,230:
all
2565
00:18:37,230 --> 00:18:37,440:
other
2566
00:18:37,440 --> 00:18:37,799:
manner
2567
00:18:37,799 --> 00:18:37,859:
of
2568
00:18:37,859 --> 00:18:38,279:
magic
2569
00:18:38,279 --> 00:18:38,579:
life
2570
00:18:38,579 --> 00:18:38,670:
are
2571
00:18:38,670 --> 00:18:39,029:
treated
2572
00:18:39,029 --> 00:18:39,599:
fairly
2573
00:18:39,599 --> 00:18:39,750:
and
2574
00:18:39,750 --> 00:18:40,319:
equitably
2575
00:18:40,319 --> 00:18:40,529:
under
2576
00:18:40,529 --> 00:18:40,890:
just
2577
00:18:40,890 --> 00:18:43,619:
laws.”
“Including
2578
00:18:43,619 --> 00:18:44,880:
dragons.”
2579
00:18:44,880 --> 00:18:45,000:
The
2580
00:18:45,000 --> 00:18:45,539:
dragoness
2581
00:18:45,539 --> 00:18:46,019:
rumbled
2582
00:18:46,019 --> 00:18:46,170:
with
2583
00:18:46,170 --> 00:18:46,619:
another
2584
00:18:46,619 --> 00:18:46,980:
slow
2585
00:18:46,980 --> 00:18:47,700:
nod,
2586
00:18:47,700 --> 00:18:48,509:
relaxing from
2587
00:18:48,509 --> 00:18:48,690:
her
2588
00:18:48,690 --> 00:18:49,440:
intimidating
2589
00:18:49,440 --> 00:18:50,400:
mantle-winged
2590
00:18:50,400 --> 00:18:51,420:
pose.
2591
00:18:51,420 --> 00:18:51,630:
They
2592
00:18:51,630 --> 00:18:52,140:
rustled
2593
00:18:52,140 --> 00:18:52,319:
like
2594
00:18:52,319 --> 00:18:52,890:
becalmed
2595
00:18:52,890 --> 00:18:53,579:
sail cloth
2596
00:18:53,579 --> 00:18:53,730:
as
2597
00:18:53,730 --> 00:18:53,819:
they
2598
00:18:53,819 --> 00:18:54,329:
folded
2599
00:18:54,329 --> 00:18:54,690:
along
2600
00:18:54,690 --> 00:18:54,960:
her
2601
00:18:54,960 --> 00:18:55,529:
gleaming,
2602
00:18:55,529 --> 00:18:55,859:
dark
2603
00:18:55,859 --> 00:18:56,250:
emerald
2604
00:18:56,250 --> 00:18:57,599:
back.
The
2605
00:18:57,599 --> 00:18:57,869:
knight
2606
00:18:57,869 --> 00:18:58,200:
nodded
2607
00:18:58,200 --> 00:18:58,319:
as
2608
00:18:58,319 --> 00:18:59,640:
well. “Just
2609
00:18:59,640 --> 00:19:00,150:
so,
2610
00:19:00,150 --> 00:19:00,690:
providing
2611
00:19:00,690 --> 00:19:00,809:
they
2612
00:19:00,809 --> 00:19:00,900:
do
2613
00:19:00,900 --> 00:19:01,170:
not
2614
00:19:01,170 --> 00:19:01,500:
torch
2615
00:19:01,500 --> 00:19:02,069:
villages
2616
00:19:02,069 --> 00:19:02,490:
or
2617
00:19:02,490 --> 00:19:03,088:
denude
2618
00:19:03,088 --> 00:19:03,420:
local
2619
00:19:03,420 --> 00:19:04,049:
livestock
2620
00:19:04,049 --> 00:19:04,380:
without
2621
00:19:04,380 --> 00:19:05,009:
recompense
2622
00:19:05,009 --> 00:19:05,160:
from
2623
00:19:05,160 --> 00:19:05,309:
their
2624
00:19:05,309 --> 00:19:05,460:
own
2625
00:19:05,460 --> 00:19:06,839:
hoards.”
“And
2626
00:19:06,839 --> 00:19:07,200:
so,
2627
00:19:07,200 --> 00:19:07,500:
your
2628
00:19:07,500 --> 00:19:08,279:
king?”
2629
00:19:08,279 --> 00:19:08,549:
She
2630
00:19:08,549 --> 00:19:09,240:
prompted,
2631
00:19:09,240 --> 00:19:09,750:
settling
2632
00:19:09,750 --> 00:19:10,349:
couchant
2633
00:19:10,349 --> 00:19:10,529:
with
2634
00:19:10,529 --> 00:19:10,619:
the
2635
00:19:10,619 --> 00:19:11,099:
slow
2636
00:19:11,099 --> 00:19:11,490:
grace
2637
00:19:11,490 --> 00:19:11,579:
of
2638
00:19:11,579 --> 00:19:11,640:
a
2639
00:19:11,640 --> 00:19:11,970:
great
2640
00:19:11,970 --> 00:19:13,349:
cat.
“Well,
2641
00:19:13,349 --> 00:19:13,650:
rather
2642
00:19:13,650 --> 00:19:13,829:
than
2643
00:19:13,829 --> 00:19:14,430:
proclaiming
2644
00:19:14,430 --> 00:19:14,579:
me
2645
00:19:14,579 --> 00:19:15,059:
outright
2646
00:19:15,059 --> 00:19:15,210:
as
2647
00:19:15,210 --> 00:19:15,359:
his
2648
00:19:15,359 --> 00:19:15,720:
heir,
2649
00:19:15,720 --> 00:19:16,049:
just
2650
00:19:16,049 --> 00:19:16,349:
one
2651
00:19:16,349 --> 00:19:16,680:
among
2652
00:19:16,680 --> 00:19:17,069:
many
2653
00:19:17,069 --> 00:19:17,339:
who
2654
00:19:17,339 --> 00:19:17,640:
court
2655
00:19:17,640 --> 00:19:17,819:
his
2656
00:19:17,819 --> 00:19:18,210:
favor
2657
00:19:18,210 --> 00:19:18,420:
that
2658
00:19:18,420 --> 00:19:18,569:
they
2659
00:19:18,569 --> 00:19:18,869:
might
2660
00:19:18,869 --> 00:19:19,259:
become
2661
00:19:19,259 --> 00:19:19,710:
such,
2662
00:19:19,710 --> 00:19:20,190:
or
2663
00:19:20,190 --> 00:19:20,940:
regent
2664
00:19:20,940 --> 00:19:21,240:
should
2665
00:19:21,240 --> 00:19:21,420:
he
2666
00:19:21,420 --> 00:19:21,900:
sire
2667
00:19:21,900 --> 00:19:22,200:
one
2668
00:19:22,200 --> 00:19:22,589:
more
2669
00:19:22,589 --> 00:19:22,830:
ill
2670
00:19:22,830 --> 00:19:23,190:
fated
2671
00:19:23,190 --> 00:19:24,000:
child,
2672
00:19:24,000 --> 00:19:24,150:
he
2673
00:19:24,150 --> 00:19:24,420:
set
2674
00:19:24,420 --> 00:19:24,690:
forth
2675
00:19:24,690 --> 00:19:24,750:
a
2676
00:19:24,750 --> 00:19:25,920:
challenge.
2677
00:19:25,920 --> 00:19:26,190:
To
2678
00:19:26,190 --> 00:19:26,460:
each
2679
00:19:26,460 --> 00:19:27,180:
prospective
2680
00:19:27,180 --> 00:19:28,019:
supplicant,
2681
00:19:28,019 --> 00:19:28,259:
whose
2682
00:19:28,259 --> 00:19:28,829:
desires
2683
00:19:28,829 --> 00:19:28,980:
were
2684
00:19:28,980 --> 00:19:29,279:
well
2685
00:19:29,279 --> 00:19:29,430:
and
2686
00:19:29,430 --> 00:19:29,880:
openly
2687
00:19:29,880 --> 00:19:30,509:
known,
2688
00:19:30,509 --> 00:19:30,869:
and
2689
00:19:30,869 --> 00:19:30,960:
to
2690
00:19:30,960 --> 00:19:31,650:
myself
2691
00:19:31,650 --> 00:19:32,130:
despite
2692
00:19:32,130 --> 00:19:32,460:
never
2693
00:19:32,460 --> 00:19:32,789:
having
2694
00:19:32,789 --> 00:19:33,150:
openly
2695
00:19:33,150 --> 00:19:33,630:
stated a
2696
00:19:33,630 --> 00:19:33,990:
desire
2697
00:19:33,990 --> 00:19:34,140:
for
2698
00:19:34,140 --> 00:19:34,740:
such,
2699
00:19:34,740 --> 00:19:35,099:
was
2700
00:19:35,099 --> 00:19:35,369:
given
2701
00:19:35,369 --> 00:19:35,430:
a
2702
00:19:35,430 --> 00:19:36,690:
challenge.
2703
00:19:36,690 --> 00:19:36,990:
To
2704
00:19:36,990 --> 00:19:37,289:
each
2705
00:19:37,289 --> 00:19:37,410:
it
2706
00:19:37,410 --> 00:19:37,711:
was
2707
00:19:37,711 --> 00:19:37,769:
a
2708
00:19:37,769 --> 00:19:38,250:
different,
2709
00:19:38,250 --> 00:19:38,549:
yet
2710
00:19:38,549 --> 00:19:39,029:
always
2711
00:19:39,029 --> 00:19:39,690:
difficult,
2712
00:19:39,690 --> 00:19:39,960:
if
2713
00:19:39,960 --> 00:19:40,380:
not
2714
00:19:40,380 --> 00:19:41,279:
impossible,
2715
00:19:41,279 --> 00:19:42,930:
task.
2716
00:19:42,930 --> 00:19:43,230:
These
2717
00:19:43,230 --> 00:19:43,710:
tasks
2718
00:19:43,710 --> 00:19:43,829:
were
2719
00:19:43,829 --> 00:19:44,339:
laid
2720
00:19:44,339 --> 00:19:44,670:
each
2721
00:19:44,670 --> 00:19:45,119:
before
2722
00:19:45,119 --> 00:19:45,269:
us
2723
00:19:45,269 --> 00:19:45,420:
with
2724
00:19:45,420 --> 00:19:45,509:
the
2725
00:19:45,509 --> 00:19:46,049:
fullness
2726
00:19:46,049 --> 00:19:46,140:
of
2727
00:19:46,140 --> 00:19:46,319:
his
2728
00:19:46,319 --> 00:19:46,740:
court
2729
00:19:46,740 --> 00:19:46,890:
and
2730
00:19:46,890 --> 00:19:47,430:
commoners
2731
00:19:47,430 --> 00:19:47,519:
to
2732
00:19:47,519 --> 00:19:48,029:
witness
2733
00:19:48,029 --> 00:19:48,210:
and
2734
00:19:48,210 --> 00:19:48,660:
cry
2735
00:19:48,660 --> 00:19:48,900:
these
2736
00:19:48,900 --> 00:19:49,559:
requirements
2737
00:19:49,559 --> 00:19:49,980:
loud
2738
00:19:49,980 --> 00:19:50,069:
and
2739
00:19:50,069 --> 00:19:51,690:
far.”
“And
2740
00:19:51,690 --> 00:19:52,140:
yours
2741
00:19:52,140 --> 00:19:53,670:
was?”
2742
00:19:53,670 --> 00:19:53,849:
He
2743
00:19:53,849 --> 00:19:54,299:
certainly
2744
00:19:54,299 --> 00:19:54,509:
had
2745
00:19:54,509 --> 00:19:54,599:
her
2746
00:19:54,599 --> 00:19:54,990:
interest
2747
00:19:54,990 --> 00:19:55,619:
now,
2748
00:19:55,619 --> 00:19:55,829:
that
2749
00:19:55,829 --> 00:19:56,430:
huge
2750
00:19:56,430 --> 00:19:56,910:
head
2751
00:19:56,910 --> 00:19:57,420:
bowing
2752
00:19:57,420 --> 00:19:57,720:
low
2753
00:19:57,720 --> 00:19:58,049:
enough
2754
00:19:58,049 --> 00:19:58,170:
he
2755
00:19:58,170 --> 00:19:58,380:
could
2756
00:19:58,380 --> 00:19:58,740:
meet
2757
00:19:58,740 --> 00:19:58,859:
her
2758
00:19:58,859 --> 00:19:59,579:
slit-eyed
2759
00:19:59,579 --> 00:19:59,970:
gaze
2760
00:19:59,970 --> 00:20:00,269:
without
2761
00:20:00,269 --> 00:20:00,569:
looking
2762
00:20:00,569 --> 00:20:02,130:
up.
“Difficult,
2763
00:20:02,130 --> 00:20:02,460:
but
2764
00:20:02,460 --> 00:20:02,789:
far
2765
00:20:02,789 --> 00:20:03,809:
from impossible,
2766
00:20:03,809 --> 00:20:04,230:
though
2767
00:20:04,230 --> 00:20:04,410:
it
2768
00:20:04,410 --> 00:20:04,769:
has
2769
00:20:04,769 --> 00:20:05,160:
taken
2770
00:20:05,160 --> 00:20:05,339:
me
2771
00:20:05,339 --> 00:20:05,400:
a
2772
00:20:05,400 --> 00:20:06,119:
surprising
2773
00:20:06,119 --> 00:20:06,509:
time
2774
00:20:06,509 --> 00:20:06,630:
to
2775
00:20:06,630 --> 00:20:06,900:
reach
2776
00:20:06,900 --> 00:20:07,140:
this
2777
00:20:07,140 --> 00:20:08,190:
point.
2778
00:20:08,190 --> 00:20:08,369:
You
2779
00:20:08,369 --> 00:20:09,180:
see,
2780
00:20:09,180 --> 00:20:09,299:
the
2781
00:20:09,299 --> 00:20:09,839:
locals
2782
00:20:09,839 --> 00:20:09,990:
are
2783
00:20:09,990 --> 00:20:10,650:
quite
2784
00:20:10,650 --> 00:20:11,160:
enamored
2785
00:20:11,160 --> 00:20:11,339:
of
2786
00:20:11,339 --> 00:20:11,519:
you,
2787
00:20:11,519 --> 00:20:11,849:
great
2788
00:20:11,849 --> 00:20:12,269:
mistress
2789
00:20:12,269 --> 00:20:12,359:
of
2790
00:20:12,359 --> 00:20:12,450:
the
2791
00:20:12,450 --> 00:20:15,000:
lake.”
“Jhydeshaii.”
2792
00:20:15,000 --> 00:20:15,299:
She
2793
00:20:15,299 --> 00:20:15,750:
rumbled
2794
00:20:15,750 --> 00:20:16,319:
quietly
2795
00:20:16,319 --> 00:20:16,470:
with
2796
00:20:16,470 --> 00:20:16,529:
a
2797
00:20:16,529 --> 00:20:17,069:
slight
2798
00:20:17,069 --> 00:20:17,579:
sideward
2799
00:20:17,579 --> 00:20:17,880:
tilt
2800
00:20:17,880 --> 00:20:17,940:
of
2801
00:20:17,940 --> 00:20:18,059:
her
2802
00:20:18,059 --> 00:20:21,150:
head. “Jade.”
Dirsche
2803
00:20:21,150 --> 00:20:21,569:
bowed
2804
00:20:21,569 --> 00:20:21,750:
his
2805
00:20:21,750 --> 00:20:22,019:
head
2806
00:20:22,019 --> 00:20:22,140:
in
2807
00:20:22,140 --> 00:20:22,769:
acknowledgment
2808
00:20:22,769 --> 00:20:22,829:
of
2809
00:20:22,829 --> 00:20:24,654:
the privilege she had extended,
2810
00:20:24,654 --> 00:20:25,105:
even
2811
00:20:25,105 --> 00:20:25,464:
with
2812
00:20:25,464 --> 00:20:25,585:
the
2813
00:20:25,585 --> 00:20:26,275:
bastardized
2814
00:20:26,275 --> 00:20:26,694:
shortening
2815
00:20:26,694 --> 00:20:26,785:
of
2816
00:20:26,785 --> 00:20:26,934:
her
2817
00:20:26,934 --> 00:20:27,234:
True
2818
00:20:27,234 --> 00:20:27,444:
name
2819
00:20:27,444 --> 00:20:27,684:
which
2820
00:20:27,684 --> 00:20:27,894:
he
2821
00:20:27,894 --> 00:20:28,224:
could
2822
00:20:28,224 --> 00:20:28,704:
never
2823
00:20:28,704 --> 00:20:28,855:
have
2824
00:20:28,855 --> 00:20:29,394:
pronounced
2825
00:20:29,394 --> 00:20:29,605:
even
2826
00:20:29,605 --> 00:20:29,815:
had
2827
00:20:29,815 --> 00:20:29,904:
he
2828
00:20:29,904 --> 00:20:30,204:
known
2829
00:20:30,204 --> 00:20:31,105:
it. “An
2830
00:20:31,105 --> 00:20:31,644:
honor,
2831
00:20:31,644 --> 00:20:32,904:
mistress Jade.
2832
00:20:32,904 --> 00:20:33,384:
My king
2833
00:20:33,384 --> 00:20:33,684:
set
2834
00:20:33,684 --> 00:20:33,775:
to
2835
00:20:33,775 --> 00:20:33,924:
me
2836
00:20:33,924 --> 00:20:33,984:
a
2837
00:20:33,984 --> 00:20:34,494:
quest
2838
00:20:34,494 --> 00:20:34,704:
that
2839
00:20:34,704 --> 00:20:35,275:
seemed,
2840
00:20:35,275 --> 00:20:35,455:
at
2841
00:20:35,455 --> 00:20:35,575:
its
2842
00:20:35,575 --> 00:20:35,964:
initial
2843
00:20:35,964 --> 00:20:36,595:
presentation,
2844
00:20:36,595 --> 00:20:36,775:
a
2845
00:20:36,775 --> 00:20:37,105:
very
2846
00:20:37,105 --> 00:20:37,464:
simple
2847
00:20:37,464 --> 00:20:38,575:
task.
2848
00:20:38,575 --> 00:20:38,724:
I
2849
00:20:38,724 --> 00:20:38,934:
was
2850
00:20:38,934 --> 00:20:39,055:
to
2851
00:20:39,055 --> 00:20:39,565:
procure,
2852
00:20:39,565 --> 00:20:39,775:
from
2853
00:20:39,775 --> 00:20:39,835:
a
2854
00:20:39,835 --> 00:20:40,674:
dragon,
2855
00:20:40,674 --> 00:20:41,432:
a prized
2856
00:20:41,432 --> 00:20:43,075:
treasure.”
“Simple,
2857
00:20:43,075 --> 00:20:44,035:
indeed.”
2858
00:20:44,035 --> 00:20:44,305:
Rumbled
2859
00:20:44,305 --> 00:20:44,394:
the
2860
00:20:44,394 --> 00:20:44,964:
dragoness,
2861
00:20:44,964 --> 00:20:46,224:
Jade. “For
2862
00:20:46,224 --> 00:20:46,615:
one
2863
00:20:46,615 --> 00:20:46,795:
who
2864
00:20:46,795 --> 00:20:47,184:
has
2865
00:20:47,184 --> 00:20:47,934:
captured
2866
00:20:47,934 --> 00:20:48,055:
the
2867
00:20:48,055 --> 00:20:48,714:
hoards
2868
00:20:48,714 --> 00:20:48,835:
of
2869
00:20:48,835 --> 00:20:49,285:
seven
2870
00:20:49,285 --> 00:20:49,914:
slain,
2871
00:20:49,914 --> 00:20:50,035:
and
2872
00:20:50,035 --> 00:20:51,085:
grotesquely
2873
00:20:51,085 --> 00:20:51,744:
paraded,
2874
00:20:51,744 --> 00:20:53,214:
dragons.”
2875
00:20:53,214 --> 00:20:53,424:
Her
2876
00:20:53,424 --> 00:20:53,875:
voice
2877
00:20:53,875 --> 00:20:54,085:
was
2878
00:20:54,085 --> 00:20:54,865:
wry,
2879
00:20:54,865 --> 00:20:55,315:
still
2880
00:20:55,315 --> 00:20:56,125:
disgusted
2881
00:20:56,125 --> 00:20:56,275:
by
2882
00:20:56,275 --> 00:20:56,484:
the
2883
00:20:56,484 --> 00:20:57,055:
garish
2884
00:20:57,055 --> 00:20:57,595:
rainbow
2885
00:20:57,595 --> 00:20:58,075:
hues
2886
00:20:58,075 --> 00:20:58,134:
of
2887
00:20:58,134 --> 00:20:58,224:
the
2888
00:20:58,224 --> 00:20:58,555:
knight’s
2889
00:20:58,555 --> 00:21:01,015:
armor.
“Ah, at
2890
00:21:01,015 --> 00:21:01,315:
first
2891
00:21:01,315 --> 00:21:01,404:
it
2892
00:21:01,404 --> 00:21:01,525:
would
2893
00:21:01,525 --> 00:21:01,765:
seem,
2894
00:21:01,765 --> 00:21:02,845:
indeed.
2895
00:21:02,845 --> 00:21:03,265:
Though
2896
00:21:03,265 --> 00:21:03,595:
those
2897
00:21:03,595 --> 00:21:04,825:
slain forswore
2898
00:21:04,825 --> 00:21:05,035:
the
2899
00:21:05,035 --> 00:21:05,605:
justice
2900
00:21:05,605 --> 00:21:05,694:
of
2901
00:21:05,694 --> 00:21:05,815:
the
2902
00:21:05,815 --> 00:21:06,295:
kingdoms
2903
00:21:06,295 --> 00:21:06,414:
they
2904
00:21:06,414 --> 00:21:06,984:
rampaged
2905
00:21:06,984 --> 00:21:07,644:
through,
2906
00:21:07,644 --> 00:21:08,065:
laying
2907
00:21:08,065 --> 00:21:08,575:
waste
2908
00:21:08,575 --> 00:21:08,694:
to
2909
00:21:08,694 --> 00:21:09,055:
village
2910
00:21:09,055 --> 00:21:09,159:
and
2911
00:21:09,159 --> 00:21:09,565:
town,
2912
00:21:09,565 --> 00:21:10,285:
slaughtering
2913
00:21:10,285 --> 00:21:10,464:
the
2914
00:21:10,464 --> 00:21:10,825:
peasant
2915
00:21:10,825 --> 00:21:11,125:
folk
2916
00:21:11,125 --> 00:21:11,214:
and
2917
00:21:11,214 --> 00:21:11,365:
their
2918
00:21:11,365 --> 00:21:11,724:
lords
2919
00:21:11,724 --> 00:21:12,055:
without
2920
00:21:12,055 --> 00:21:12,355:
care
2921
00:21:12,355 --> 00:21:12,474:
or
2922
00:21:12,474 --> 00:21:13,345:
concern.
2923
00:21:13,345 --> 00:21:13,734:
Many
2924
00:21:13,734 --> 00:21:13,884:
were
2925
00:21:13,884 --> 00:21:14,244:
sought
2926
00:21:14,244 --> 00:21:14,365:
to
2927
00:21:14,365 --> 00:21:14,724:
brace
2928
00:21:14,724 --> 00:21:14,994:
those
2929
00:21:14,994 --> 00:21:16,164:
particulars.
2930
00:21:16,164 --> 00:21:16,494:
Many
2931
00:21:16,494 --> 00:21:17,515:
failed.
2932
00:21:17,515 --> 00:21:17,815:
I
2933
00:21:17,815 --> 00:21:18,325:
always
2934
00:21:18,325 --> 00:21:18,744:
attempted
2935
00:21:18,744 --> 00:21:19,105:
parlay,
2936
00:21:19,105 --> 00:21:19,194:
at
2937
00:21:19,194 --> 00:21:19,734:
first,
2938
00:21:19,734 --> 00:21:19,944:
as
2939
00:21:19,944 --> 00:21:20,154:
I
2940
00:21:20,154 --> 00:21:20,424:
have
2941
00:21:20,424 --> 00:21:20,785:
entered
2942
00:21:20,785 --> 00:21:21,055:
into
2943
00:21:21,055 --> 00:21:21,204:
with
2944
00:21:21,204 --> 00:21:21,744:
yourself,
2945
00:21:21,744 --> 00:21:22,075:
most
2946
00:21:22,075 --> 00:21:22,375:
noble
2947
00:21:22,375 --> 00:21:23,244:
Jade.
2948
00:21:23,244 --> 00:21:23,575:
They
2949
00:21:23,575 --> 00:21:24,174:
ignored
2950
00:21:24,174 --> 00:21:24,384:
my
2951
00:21:24,384 --> 00:21:25,164:
entreaties
2952
00:21:25,164 --> 00:21:25,404:
and
2953
00:21:25,404 --> 00:21:25,765:
met
2954
00:21:25,765 --> 00:21:26,095:
their
2955
00:21:26,095 --> 00:21:27,384:
dooms.
2956
00:21:27,384 --> 00:21:27,654:
I
2957
00:21:27,654 --> 00:21:28,045:
found
2958
00:21:28,045 --> 00:21:28,194:
them
2959
00:21:28,194 --> 00:21:28,615:
beyond
2960
00:21:28,615 --> 00:21:29,065:
reason,
2961
00:21:29,065 --> 00:21:29,605:
beyond
2962
00:21:29,605 --> 00:21:30,085:
thoughts
2963
00:21:30,085 --> 00:21:30,535:
higher
2964
00:21:30,535 --> 00:21:30,775:
than
2965
00:21:30,775 --> 00:21:31,075:
those
2966
00:21:31,075 --> 00:21:31,194:
of
2967
00:21:31,194 --> 00:21:31,255:
a
2968
00:21:31,255 --> 00:21:31,674:
rabid
2969
00:21:31,674 --> 00:21:32,605:
animal.
2970
00:21:32,605 --> 00:21:32,845:
I
2971
00:21:32,845 --> 00:21:33,265:
admit
2972
00:21:33,265 --> 00:21:33,505:
that
2973
00:21:33,505 --> 00:21:33,805:
I
2974
00:21:33,805 --> 00:21:33,924:
do
2975
00:21:33,924 --> 00:21:34,194:
not
2976
00:21:34,194 --> 00:21:34,345:
look
2977
00:21:34,345 --> 00:21:34,615:
back
2978
00:21:34,615 --> 00:21:34,884:
upon
2979
00:21:34,884 --> 00:21:35,065:
those
2980
00:21:35,065 --> 00:21:35,575:
encounters
2981
00:21:35,575 --> 00:21:35,845:
with
2982
00:21:35,845 --> 00:21:36,174:
any
2983
00:21:36,174 --> 00:21:36,654:
pride
2984
00:21:36,654 --> 00:21:36,775:
or
2985
00:21:36,775 --> 00:21:37,194:
pleasure,
2986
00:21:37,194 --> 00:21:37,704:
Milady,
2987
00:21:37,704 --> 00:21:37,944:
on
2988
00:21:37,944 --> 00:21:38,125:
as
2989
00:21:38,125 --> 00:21:38,904:
necessary
2990
00:21:38,904 --> 00:21:40,914:
tasks.”
“There
2991
00:21:40,914 --> 00:21:41,154:
is
2992
00:21:41,154 --> 00:21:41,545:
no
2993
00:21:41,545 --> 00:21:41,994:
word
2994
00:21:41,994 --> 00:21:42,204:
that
2995
00:21:42,204 --> 00:21:42,924:
translates
2996
00:21:42,924 --> 00:21:43,105:
for
2997
00:21:43,105 --> 00:21:43,345:
that
2998
00:21:43,345 --> 00:21:43,914:
condition,
2999
00:21:43,914 --> 00:21:45,204:
sir knight,
3000
00:21:45,204 --> 00:21:46,494:
but ‘rabid’
3001
00:21:46,494 --> 00:21:46,855:
would
3002
00:21:46,855 --> 00:21:47,005:
be
3003
00:21:47,005 --> 00:21:47,125:
an
3004
00:21:47,125 --> 00:21:47,515:
apt
3005
00:21:47,515 --> 00:21:48,265:
facsimile
3006
00:21:48,265 --> 00:21:48,355:
in
3007
00:21:48,355 --> 00:21:48,654:
your
3008
00:21:48,654 --> 00:21:49,704:
tongue.”
3009
00:21:49,704 --> 00:21:49,884:
Her
3010
00:21:49,884 --> 00:21:50,394:
visage
3011
00:21:50,394 --> 00:21:50,724:
was
3012
00:21:50,724 --> 00:21:51,924:
disquieted,
3013
00:21:51,924 --> 00:21:52,615:
ears-frills
3014
00:21:52,615 --> 00:21:52,734:
and
3015
00:21:52,734 --> 00:21:53,214:
spinal
3016
00:21:53,214 --> 00:21:53,605:
crest
3017
00:21:53,605 --> 00:21:53,875:
laid
3018
00:21:53,875 --> 00:21:54,684:
flat,
3019
00:21:54,684 --> 00:21:55,224:
lambent
3020
00:21:55,224 --> 00:21:55,674:
azure
3021
00:21:55,674 --> 00:21:56,184:
eyes
3022
00:21:56,184 --> 00:21:58,734:
downcast.
“Alas,
3023
00:21:58,734 --> 00:21:58,855:
and
3024
00:21:58,855 --> 00:21:59,275:
indeed
3025
00:21:59,275 --> 00:22:00,204:
so.
3026
00:22:00,204 --> 00:22:00,595:
As
3027
00:22:00,595 --> 00:22:00,775:
such
3028
00:22:00,775 --> 00:22:00,954:
their
3029
00:22:00,954 --> 00:22:01,404:
attention
3030
00:22:01,404 --> 00:22:01,585:
had
3031
00:22:01,585 --> 00:22:02,125:
wandered
3032
00:22:02,125 --> 00:22:02,305:
from
3033
00:22:02,305 --> 00:22:02,424:
their
3034
00:22:02,424 --> 00:22:02,815:
hoarded
3035
00:22:02,815 --> 00:22:03,535:
treasures,
3036
00:22:03,535 --> 00:22:04,075:
so
3037
00:22:04,075 --> 00:22:04,315:
I
3038
00:22:04,315 --> 00:22:04,464:
am
3039
00:22:04,464 --> 00:22:04,795:
not
3040
00:22:04,795 --> 00:22:05,005:
so
3041
00:22:05,005 --> 00:22:05,454:
mightily
3042
00:22:05,454 --> 00:22:05,724:
rich
3043
00:22:05,724 --> 00:22:05,815:
as
3044
00:22:05,815 --> 00:22:05,994:
one
3045
00:22:05,994 --> 00:22:06,174:
might
3046
00:22:06,174 --> 00:22:07,285:
imagine.
3047
00:22:07,285 --> 00:22:07,704:
You,
3048
00:22:07,704 --> 00:22:08,214:
alone,
3049
00:22:08,214 --> 00:22:08,755:
probably
3050
00:22:08,755 --> 00:22:09,174:
possess
3051
00:22:09,174 --> 00:22:09,295:
as
3052
00:22:09,295 --> 00:22:09,505:
much
3053
00:22:09,505 --> 00:22:09,625:
as
3054
00:22:09,625 --> 00:22:09,865:
any
3055
00:22:09,865 --> 00:22:10,164:
three
3056
00:22:10,164 --> 00:22:10,285:
of
3057
00:22:10,285 --> 00:22:10,464:
them
3058
00:22:10,464 --> 00:22:11,934:
together.”
“Of
3059
00:22:11,934 --> 00:22:12,265:
that
3060
00:22:12,265 --> 00:22:12,444:
you
3061
00:22:12,444 --> 00:22:12,714:
wish
3062
00:22:12,714 --> 00:22:12,984:
some
3063
00:22:12,984 --> 00:22:13,974:
treasure.
3064
00:22:13,974 --> 00:22:14,244:
Of
3065
00:22:14,244 --> 00:22:14,724:
those
3066
00:22:14,724 --> 00:22:15,144:
things
3067
00:22:15,144 --> 00:22:15,325:
which
3068
00:22:15,325 --> 00:22:15,474:
are
3069
00:22:15,474 --> 00:22:17,035:
mine.”
“A
3070
00:22:17,035 --> 00:22:17,605:
special
3071
00:22:17,605 --> 00:22:17,964:
treasure
3072
00:22:17,964 --> 00:22:18,174:
which
3073
00:22:18,174 --> 00:22:18,595:
no
3074
00:22:18,595 --> 00:22:19,134:
dragon
3075
00:22:19,134 --> 00:22:19,224:
I
3076
00:22:19,224 --> 00:22:19,404:
have
3077
00:22:19,404 --> 00:22:19,944:
encountered
3078
00:22:19,944 --> 00:22:20,724:
has.
3079
00:22:20,724 --> 00:22:20,964:
And
3080
00:22:20,964 --> 00:22:21,115:
I
3081
00:22:21,115 --> 00:22:21,714:
have,
3082
00:22:21,714 --> 00:22:22,615:
indeed,
3083
00:22:22,615 --> 00:22:23,035:
met
3084
00:22:23,035 --> 00:22:23,484:
many
3085
00:22:23,484 --> 00:22:23,994:
dragons,
3086
00:22:23,994 --> 00:22:24,805:
Milady.
3087
00:22:24,805 --> 00:22:25,194:
Not
3088
00:22:25,194 --> 00:22:25,525:
all
3089
00:22:25,525 --> 00:22:25,704:
have
3090
00:22:25,704 --> 00:22:26,305:
subsumed
3091
00:22:26,305 --> 00:22:26,424:
to
3092
00:22:26,424 --> 00:22:26,515:
the
3093
00:22:26,515 --> 00:22:26,994:
madness
3094
00:22:26,994 --> 00:22:27,174:
that
3095
00:22:27,174 --> 00:22:27,517:
claimed
3096
00:22:27,517 --> 00:22:27,775:
those
3097
00:22:27,775 --> 00:22:27,954:
whose
3098
00:22:27,954 --> 00:22:28,404:
memories
3099
00:22:28,404 --> 00:22:28,525:
I
3100
00:22:28,525 --> 00:22:29,515:
wear.
3101
00:22:29,515 --> 00:22:29,664:
I
3102
00:22:29,664 --> 00:22:29,994:
most
3103
00:22:29,994 --> 00:22:30,595:
certainly
3104
00:22:30,595 --> 00:22:31,075:
respect
3105
00:22:31,075 --> 00:22:31,194:
them
3106
00:22:31,194 --> 00:22:31,315:
for
3107
00:22:31,315 --> 00:22:31,434:
their
3108
00:22:31,434 --> 00:22:32,035:
majesty
3109
00:22:32,035 --> 00:22:32,154:
and
3110
00:22:32,154 --> 00:22:32,755:
power,
3111
00:22:32,755 --> 00:22:32,904:
and
3112
00:22:32,904 --> 00:22:33,055:
they
3113
00:22:33,055 --> 00:22:33,714:
grudgingly
3114
00:22:33,714 --> 00:22:34,224:
respect
3115
00:22:34,224 --> 00:22:34,464:
me
3116
00:22:34,464 --> 00:22:34,615:
for
3117
00:22:34,615 --> 00:22:34,825:
my
3118
00:22:34,825 --> 00:22:35,035:
own
3119
00:22:35,035 --> 00:22:35,994:
strength.
3120
00:22:35,994 --> 00:22:36,234:
But
3121
00:22:36,234 --> 00:22:36,565:
none
3122
00:22:36,565 --> 00:22:36,835:
would
3123
00:22:36,835 --> 00:22:37,045:
part
3124
00:22:37,045 --> 00:22:37,255:
with
3125
00:22:37,255 --> 00:22:37,555:
even
3126
00:22:37,555 --> 00:22:37,734:
but
3127
00:22:37,734 --> 00:22:37,795:
a
3128
00:22:37,795 --> 00:22:38,424:
single
3129
00:22:38,424 --> 00:22:38,904:
copper
3130
00:22:38,904 --> 00:22:39,474:
farthing
3131
00:22:39,474 --> 00:22:39,654:
from
3132
00:22:39,654 --> 00:22:39,805:
their
3133
00:22:39,805 --> 00:22:40,285:
hoards
3134
00:22:40,285 --> 00:22:40,434:
to
3135
00:22:40,434 --> 00:22:40,765:
lend
3136
00:22:40,765 --> 00:22:41,365:
veracity
3137
00:22:41,365 --> 00:22:41,515:
for
3138
00:22:41,515 --> 00:22:41,664:
my
3139
00:22:41,664 --> 00:22:42,025:
claim
3140
00:22:42,025 --> 00:22:42,144:
to
3141
00:22:42,144 --> 00:22:42,234:
the
3142
00:22:42,234 --> 00:22:43,494:
throne.
3143
00:22:43,494 --> 00:22:43,615:
I
3144
00:22:43,615 --> 00:22:43,795:
have
3145
00:22:43,795 --> 00:22:44,275:
spent
3146
00:22:44,275 --> 00:22:44,694:
much
3147
00:22:44,694 --> 00:22:44,755:
of
3148
00:22:44,755 --> 00:22:44,845:
the
3149
00:22:44,845 --> 00:22:45,234:
last
3150
00:22:45,234 --> 00:22:45,444:
year
3151
00:22:45,444 --> 00:22:45,894:
seeking
3152
00:22:45,894 --> 00:22:46,795:
you,
3153
00:22:46,795 --> 00:22:46,974:
though
3154
00:22:46,974 --> 00:22:47,095:
I
3155
00:22:47,095 --> 00:22:47,305:
have
3156
00:22:47,305 --> 00:22:47,634:
known
3157
00:22:47,634 --> 00:22:47,724:
of
3158
00:22:47,724 --> 00:22:48,085:
you,
3159
00:22:48,085 --> 00:22:48,355:
your
3160
00:22:48,355 --> 00:22:49,375:
reputation,
3161
00:22:49,375 --> 00:22:49,555:
for
3162
00:22:49,555 --> 00:22:49,944:
many
3163
00:22:49,944 --> 00:22:51,384:
years.”
“A
3164
00:22:51,384 --> 00:22:51,894:
year,
3165
00:22:51,894 --> 00:22:52,464:
seeking
3166
00:22:52,464 --> 00:22:53,305:
me?
3167
00:22:53,305 --> 00:22:54,144:
Am I so
3168
00:22:54,144 --> 00:22:55,045:
reclusive
3169
00:22:55,045 --> 00:22:55,224:
that
3170
00:22:55,224 --> 00:22:55,345:
it
3171
00:22:55,345 --> 00:22:55,494:
would
3172
00:22:55,494 --> 00:22:55,884:
take
3173
00:22:55,884 --> 00:22:56,125:
such
3174
00:22:56,125 --> 00:22:56,214:
a
3175
00:22:56,214 --> 00:22:56,605:
time
3176
00:22:56,605 --> 00:22:56,724:
to
3177
00:22:56,724 --> 00:22:57,025:
come
3178
00:22:57,025 --> 00:22:57,174:
to
3179
00:22:57,174 --> 00:22:57,474:
my
3180
00:22:57,474 --> 00:22:57,775:
door
3181
00:22:57,775 --> 00:22:57,954:
with
3182
00:22:57,954 --> 00:22:58,224:
your
3183
00:22:58,224 --> 00:22:58,884:
music
3184
00:22:58,884 --> 00:22:59,065:
to
3185
00:22:59,065 --> 00:22:59,515:
make
3186
00:22:59,515 --> 00:22:59,664:
the
3187
00:22:59,664 --> 00:23:00,115:
ears
3188
00:23:00,115 --> 00:23:00,775:
bleed?”
3189
00:23:00,775 --> 00:23:01,105:
She
3190
00:23:01,105 --> 00:23:01,765:
chortled
3191
00:23:01,765 --> 00:23:02,275:
softly
3192
00:23:02,275 --> 00:23:02,424:
with
3193
00:23:02,424 --> 00:23:02,454:
a
3194
00:23:02,454 --> 00:23:02,875:
shake
3195
00:23:02,875 --> 00:23:02,994:
of
3196
00:23:02,994 --> 00:23:03,115:
her
3197
00:23:03,115 --> 00:23:03,744:
head,
3198
00:23:03,744 --> 00:23:03,952:
then
3199
00:23:03,952 --> 00:23:04,494:
nodded
3200
00:23:04,494 --> 00:23:04,795:
toward
3201
00:23:04,795 --> 00:23:04,944:
the
3202
00:23:04,944 --> 00:23:05,125:
edge
3203
00:23:05,125 --> 00:23:05,184:
of
3204
00:23:05,184 --> 00:23:05,275:
the
3205
00:23:05,275 --> 00:23:05,634:
forest
3206
00:23:05,634 --> 00:23:05,815:
some
3207
00:23:05,815 --> 00:23:06,265:
distance
3208
00:23:06,265 --> 00:23:07,164:
away.
3209
00:23:07,164 --> 00:23:07,704:
The knight
3210
00:23:07,704 --> 00:23:08,065:
turned
3211
00:23:08,065 --> 00:23:08,125:
to
3212
00:23:08,125 --> 00:23:08,515:
follow
3213
00:23:08,515 --> 00:23:08,664:
her
3214
00:23:08,664 --> 00:23:09,204:
gaze,
3215
00:23:09,204 --> 00:23:09,654:
soon
3216
00:23:09,654 --> 00:23:10,134:
spying
3217
00:23:10,134 --> 00:23:10,194:
a
3218
00:23:10,194 --> 00:23:10,674:
large
3219
00:23:10,674 --> 00:23:11,005:
stack
3220
00:23:11,005 --> 00:23:11,125:
of
3221
00:23:11,125 --> 00:23:11,424:
woven
3222
00:23:11,424 --> 00:23:12,115:
baskets,
3223
00:23:12,115 --> 00:23:12,565:
buckets,
3224
00:23:12,565 --> 00:23:12,805:
and
3225
00:23:12,805 --> 00:23:13,075:
other
3226
00:23:13,075 --> 00:23:13,914:
vessels
3227
00:23:13,914 --> 00:23:14,335:
neatly
3228
00:23:14,335 --> 00:23:14,904:
arranged
3229
00:23:14,904 --> 00:23:14,994:
in
3230
00:23:14,994 --> 00:23:15,085:
the
3231
00:23:15,085 --> 00:23:15,505:
shadows
3232
00:23:15,505 --> 00:23:15,565:
of
3233
00:23:15,565 --> 00:23:15,654:
the
3234
00:23:15,654 --> 00:23:16,464:
trees,
3235
00:23:16,464 --> 00:23:16,855:
left
3236
00:23:16,855 --> 00:23:17,005:
by
3237
00:23:17,005 --> 00:23:17,184:
the
3238
00:23:17,184 --> 00:23:17,454:
local
3239
00:23:17,454 --> 00:23:17,875:
people
3240
00:23:17,875 --> 00:23:18,234:
bearing
3241
00:23:18,234 --> 00:23:18,684:
gifts
3242
00:23:18,684 --> 00:23:18,835:
when
3243
00:23:18,835 --> 00:23:18,954:
they
3244
00:23:18,954 --> 00:23:19,224:
came
3245
00:23:19,224 --> 00:23:19,315:
to
3246
00:23:19,315 --> 00:23:20,724:
call. “I
3247
00:23:20,724 --> 00:23:20,875:
am
3248
00:23:20,875 --> 00:23:21,174:
not
3249
00:23:21,174 --> 00:23:21,384:
so
3250
00:23:21,384 --> 00:23:21,835:
difficult
3251
00:23:21,835 --> 00:23:21,894:
to
3252
00:23:21,894 --> 00:23:22,285:
find
3253
00:23:22,285 --> 00:23:22,434:
that
3254
00:23:22,434 --> 00:23:22,525:
the
3255
00:23:22,525 --> 00:23:23,184:
villagers
3256
00:23:23,184 --> 00:23:23,305:
do
3257
00:23:23,305 --> 00:23:23,545:
not
3258
00:23:23,545 --> 00:23:23,875:
visit
3259
00:23:23,875 --> 00:23:24,025:
me
3260
00:23:24,025 --> 00:23:26,515:
regularly.”
“Ah, as
3261
00:23:26,515 --> 00:23:26,634:
I
3262
00:23:26,634 --> 00:23:26,964:
said,
3263
00:23:26,964 --> 00:23:27,565:
Milady.
3264
00:23:27,565 --> 00:23:27,775:
They
3265
00:23:27,775 --> 00:23:27,835:
are
3266
00:23:27,835 --> 00:23:28,404:
most
3267
00:23:28,404 --> 00:23:28,795:
enamored
3268
00:23:28,795 --> 00:23:28,914:
of
3269
00:23:28,914 --> 00:23:29,454:
you.
3270
00:23:29,454 --> 00:23:29,694:
And
3271
00:23:29,694 --> 00:23:29,845:
they
3272
00:23:29,845 --> 00:23:29,964:
are,
3273
00:23:29,964 --> 00:23:30,625:
also,
3274
00:23:30,625 --> 00:23:31,134:
most
3275
00:23:31,134 --> 00:23:31,884:
distrusting
3276
00:23:31,884 --> 00:23:32,035:
of
3277
00:23:32,035 --> 00:23:32,755:
me.”
3278
00:23:32,755 --> 00:23:32,964:
He
3279
00:23:32,964 --> 00:23:33,414:
waved
3280
00:23:33,414 --> 00:23:33,654:
one
3281
00:23:33,654 --> 00:23:34,045:
hand
3282
00:23:34,045 --> 00:23:34,134:
to
3283
00:23:34,134 --> 00:23:34,434:
take
3284
00:23:34,434 --> 00:23:34,585:
in
3285
00:23:34,585 --> 00:23:34,795:
his
3286
00:23:34,795 --> 00:23:35,214:
rainbow
3287
00:23:35,214 --> 00:23:35,605:
hued
3288
00:23:35,605 --> 00:23:37,045:
raiment. “For
3289
00:23:37,045 --> 00:23:37,315:
my
3290
00:23:37,315 --> 00:23:37,525:
earned
3291
00:23:37,525 --> 00:23:38,095:
reputation
3292
00:23:38,095 --> 00:23:38,515:
precedes
3293
00:23:38,515 --> 00:23:38,664:
me
3294
00:23:38,664 --> 00:23:39,055:
wherever
3295
00:23:39,055 --> 00:23:39,174:
I
3296
00:23:39,174 --> 00:23:40,015:
travel.
3297
00:23:40,015 --> 00:23:40,164:
They
3298
00:23:40,164 --> 00:23:40,555:
feared
3299
00:23:40,555 --> 00:23:40,704:
my
3300
00:23:40,704 --> 00:23:41,244:
intentions
3301
00:23:41,244 --> 00:23:41,335:
and
3302
00:23:41,335 --> 00:23:41,904:
mislaid
3303
00:23:41,904 --> 00:23:42,115:
me,
3304
00:23:42,115 --> 00:23:42,295:
where
3305
00:23:42,295 --> 00:23:42,384:
I
3306
00:23:42,384 --> 00:23:42,625:
was
3307
00:23:42,625 --> 00:23:43,105:
not
3308
00:23:43,105 --> 00:23:43,704:
outright
3309
00:23:43,704 --> 00:23:44,334:
spurned
3310
00:23:44,334 --> 00:23:44,424:
in
3311
00:23:44,424 --> 00:23:44,605:
my
3312
00:23:44,605 --> 00:23:45,505:
inquiries.
3313
00:23:45,505 --> 00:23:46,015:
Months
3314
00:23:46,015 --> 00:23:46,105:
I
3315
00:23:46,105 --> 00:23:46,255:
was
3316
00:23:46,255 --> 00:23:46,525:
sent
3317
00:23:46,525 --> 00:23:46,644:
in
3318
00:23:46,644 --> 00:23:46,884:
errant
3319
00:23:46,884 --> 00:23:47,305:
circles,
3320
00:23:47,305 --> 00:23:47,424:
to
3321
00:23:47,424 --> 00:23:47,724:
this
3322
00:23:47,724 --> 00:23:48,085:
mountain
3323
00:23:48,085 --> 00:23:48,204:
or
3324
00:23:48,204 --> 00:23:48,565:
that,
3325
00:23:48,565 --> 00:23:48,684:
to
3326
00:23:48,684 --> 00:23:49,045:
some
3327
00:23:49,045 --> 00:23:49,494:
distant
3328
00:23:49,494 --> 00:23:49,855:
loch
3329
00:23:49,855 --> 00:23:49,974:
or
3330
00:23:49,974 --> 00:23:50,424:
misty
3331
00:23:50,424 --> 00:23:50,904:
cavern
3332
00:23:50,904 --> 00:23:51,174:
rife
3333
00:23:51,174 --> 00:23:51,325:
with
3334
00:23:51,325 --> 00:23:52,345:
Draugar.”
3335
00:23:52,345 --> 00:23:52,555:
He
3336
00:23:52,555 --> 00:23:53,005:
laughed
3337
00:23:53,005 --> 00:23:53,575:
warmly
3338
00:23:53,575 --> 00:23:53,694:
and
3339
00:23:53,694 --> 00:23:54,055:
shook
3340
00:23:54,055 --> 00:23:54,204:
his
3341
00:23:54,204 --> 00:23:55,795:
head. “Nay,
3342
00:23:55,795 --> 00:23:55,944:
I
3343
00:23:55,944 --> 00:23:56,244:
had
3344
00:23:56,244 --> 00:23:56,785:
stalk
3345
00:23:56,785 --> 00:23:57,265:
the locals
3346
00:23:57,265 --> 00:23:57,384:
as
3347
00:23:57,384 --> 00:23:57,565:
might
3348
00:23:57,565 --> 00:23:57,625:
a
3349
00:23:57,625 --> 00:23:58,345:
thief,
3350
00:23:58,345 --> 00:23:58,884:
following
3351
00:23:58,884 --> 00:23:59,065:
them
3352
00:23:59,065 --> 00:23:59,214:
and
3353
00:23:59,214 --> 00:23:59,875:
failing
3354
00:23:59,875 --> 00:24:00,265:
time
3355
00:24:00,265 --> 00:24:00,565:
after
3356
00:24:00,565 --> 00:24:01,045:
time,
3357
00:24:01,045 --> 00:24:01,194:
for
3358
00:24:01,194 --> 00:24:01,375:
they
3359
00:24:01,375 --> 00:24:01,674:
know
3360
00:24:01,674 --> 00:24:01,914:
these
3361
00:24:01,914 --> 00:24:02,335:
trails
3362
00:24:02,335 --> 00:24:02,664:
far
3363
00:24:02,664 --> 00:24:02,934:
better
3364
00:24:02,934 --> 00:24:03,085:
than
3365
00:24:03,085 --> 00:24:03,744:
I,
3366
00:24:03,744 --> 00:24:04,164:
until
3367
00:24:04,164 --> 00:24:04,285:
I
3368
00:24:04,285 --> 00:24:04,525:
was
3369
00:24:04,525 --> 00:24:04,795:
able
3370
00:24:04,795 --> 00:24:04,914:
to
3371
00:24:04,914 --> 00:24:05,515:
discover
3372
00:24:05,515 --> 00:24:05,904:
this
3373
00:24:05,904 --> 00:24:06,654:
fabulous
3374
00:24:06,654 --> 00:24:07,075:
clearing
3375
00:24:07,075 --> 00:24:07,168:
and
3376
00:24:07,168 --> 00:24:07,315:
the
3377
00:24:07,315 --> 00:24:07,734:
lake
3378
00:24:07,734 --> 00:24:07,914:
of
3379
00:24:07,914 --> 00:24:08,214:
your
3380
00:24:08,214 --> 00:24:10,734:
lairing.”
Jade
3381
00:24:10,734 --> 00:24:11,214:
bobbed
3382
00:24:11,214 --> 00:24:11,335:
her
3383
00:24:11,335 --> 00:24:11,934:
massive
3384
00:24:11,934 --> 00:24:12,265:
head
3385
00:24:12,265 --> 00:24:12,835:
slowly
3386
00:24:12,835 --> 00:24:12,984:
with
3387
00:24:12,984 --> 00:24:13,045:
a
3388
00:24:13,045 --> 00:24:13,615:
slight
3389
00:24:13,615 --> 00:24:14,005:
drawing
3390
00:24:14,005 --> 00:24:14,122:
at
3391
00:24:14,122 --> 00:24:14,184:
the
3392
00:24:14,184 --> 00:24:14,664:
corners
3393
00:24:14,664 --> 00:24:14,785:
of
3394
00:24:14,785 --> 00:24:14,904:
her
3395
00:24:14,904 --> 00:24:15,355:
great maw in
3396
00:24:15,355 --> 00:24:15,535:
the
3397
00:24:15,535 --> 00:24:16,134:
barest of
3398
00:24:16,134 --> 00:24:17,694:
smiles. “And
3399
00:24:17,694 --> 00:24:18,565:
so,
3400
00:24:18,565 --> 00:24:19,075:
now
3401
00:24:19,075 --> 00:24:19,224:
you
3402
00:24:19,224 --> 00:24:19,914:
are here
3403
00:24:19,914 --> 00:24:20,065:
with
3404
00:24:20,065 --> 00:24:20,275:
your
3405
00:24:20,275 --> 00:24:21,474:
melodious
3406
00:24:21,474 --> 00:24:23,125:
music.”
3407
00:24:23,125 --> 00:24:23,365:
Her
3408
00:24:23,365 --> 00:24:23,994:
rumbling
3409
00:24:23,994 --> 00:24:24,684:
observation
3410
00:24:24,684 --> 00:24:24,865:
was
3411
00:24:24,865 --> 00:24:25,345:
laced
3412
00:24:25,345 --> 00:24:25,974:
with sardonic
3413
00:24:25,974 --> 00:24:31,375:
humor. “And ostentatious plumage. What, then,
3414
00:24:31,375 --> 00:24:31,525:
would
3415
00:24:31,525 --> 00:24:31,674:
you
3416
00:24:31,674 --> 00:24:32,244:
request
3417
00:24:32,244 --> 00:24:32,335:
of
3418
00:24:32,335 --> 00:24:33,234:
me?
3419
00:24:33,234 --> 00:24:33,565:
Even
3420
00:24:33,565 --> 00:24:33,984:
should
3421
00:24:33,984 --> 00:24:34,134:
I
3422
00:24:34,134 --> 00:24:34,434:
allow
3423
00:24:34,434 --> 00:24:34,974:
it
3424
00:24:34,974 --> 00:24:35,154:
you
3425
00:24:35,154 --> 00:24:35,365:
would
3426
00:24:35,365 --> 00:24:35,755:
need
3427
00:24:35,755 --> 00:24:35,964:
to
3428
00:24:35,964 --> 00:24:36,384:
breathe
3429
00:24:36,384 --> 00:24:36,595:
like
3430
00:24:36,595 --> 00:24:36,684:
a
3431
00:24:36,684 --> 00:24:37,194:
fish
3432
00:24:37,194 --> 00:24:37,345:
to
3433
00:24:37,345 --> 00:24:37,674:
reach
3434
00:24:37,674 --> 00:24:39,445:
it.”
“Nay,
3435
00:24:39,445 --> 00:24:39,924:
majestic
3436
00:24:39,924 --> 00:24:40,194:
Lady,
3437
00:24:40,194 --> 00:24:40,434:
there is
3438
00:24:40,434 --> 00:24:40,615:
no
3439
00:24:40,615 --> 00:24:40,825:
need
3440
00:24:40,825 --> 00:24:40,914:
for
3441
00:24:40,914 --> 00:24:41,545:
that.
3442
00:24:41,545 --> 00:24:41,694:
You
3443
00:24:41,694 --> 00:24:41,845:
have
3444
00:24:41,845 --> 00:24:42,384:
already
3445
00:24:42,384 --> 00:24:42,775:
borne
3446
00:24:42,775 --> 00:24:42,894:
the
3447
00:24:42,894 --> 00:24:43,345:
treasure
3448
00:24:43,345 --> 00:24:43,464:
I
3449
00:24:43,464 --> 00:24:43,855:
seek
3450
00:24:43,855 --> 00:24:44,484:
directly
3451
00:24:44,484 --> 00:24:44,605:
to
3452
00:24:44,605 --> 00:24:44,815:
this
3453
00:24:44,815 --> 00:24:46,255:
meeting.”
The
3454
00:24:46,255 --> 00:24:46,914:
dragon’s
3455
00:24:46,914 --> 00:24:47,335:
great
3456
00:24:47,335 --> 00:24:47,755:
head
3457
00:24:47,755 --> 00:24:48,204:
tilted
3458
00:24:48,204 --> 00:24:49,134:
slightly,
3459
00:24:49,134 --> 00:24:49,644:
drawing
3460
00:24:49,644 --> 00:24:49,974:
up
3461
00:24:49,974 --> 00:24:50,275:
and
3462
00:24:50,275 --> 00:24:50,454:
back
3463
00:24:50,454 --> 00:24:50,575:
to
3464
00:24:50,575 --> 00:24:50,815:
look
3465
00:24:50,815 --> 00:24:51,115:
down
3466
00:24:51,115 --> 00:24:51,204:
at
3467
00:24:51,204 --> 00:24:51,805:
him,
3468
00:24:51,805 --> 00:24:52,585:
brilliant
3469
00:24:52,585 --> 00:24:53,154:
eyes
3470
00:24:53,154 --> 00:24:53,785:
narrowing
3471
00:24:53,785 --> 00:24:53,904:
in
3472
00:24:53,904 --> 00:24:55,884:
suspicion. “Did
3473
00:24:55,884 --> 00:24:56,095:
I
3474
00:24:56,095 --> 00:24:57,144:
now?
3475
00:24:57,144 --> 00:24:57,414:
And
3476
00:24:57,414 --> 00:24:57,954:
what,
3477
00:24:57,954 --> 00:24:58,434:
pray,
3478
00:24:58,434 --> 00:24:58,674:
have
3479
00:24:58,674 --> 00:24:58,795:
I
3480
00:24:58,795 --> 00:24:59,154:
brought
3481
00:24:59,154 --> 00:24:59,275:
to
3482
00:24:59,275 --> 00:24:59,484:
you
3483
00:24:59,484 --> 00:24:59,694:
that
3484
00:24:59,694 --> 00:24:59,845:
you
3485
00:24:59,845 --> 00:25:00,085:
could
3486
00:25:00,085 --> 00:25:00,384:
not
3487
00:25:00,384 --> 00:25:00,835:
find
3488
00:25:00,835 --> 00:25:01,164:
among
3489
00:25:01,164 --> 00:25:01,255:
the
3490
00:25:01,255 --> 00:25:01,795:
hoards
3491
00:25:01,795 --> 00:25:01,914:
you
3492
00:25:01,914 --> 00:25:02,035:
have
3493
00:25:02,035 --> 00:25:02,545:
already
3494
00:25:02,545 --> 00:25:04,464:
captured?”
“Your
3495
00:25:04,464 --> 00:25:06,055:
heart.”
The
3496
00:25:06,055 --> 00:25:06,505:
emerald
3497
00:25:06,505 --> 00:25:07,134:
dragon’s
3498
00:25:07,134 --> 00:25:07,555:
eyes
3499
00:25:07,555 --> 00:25:07,944:
shot
3500
00:25:07,944 --> 00:25:08,904:
wide, pupils
3501
00:25:08,904 --> 00:25:09,595:
narrowing
3502
00:25:09,595 --> 00:25:09,714:
to
3503
00:25:09,714 --> 00:25:10,464:
slits
3504
00:25:10,464 --> 00:25:10,855:
before
3505
00:25:10,855 --> 00:25:11,484:
growing
3506
00:25:11,484 --> 00:25:12,115:
round
3507
00:25:12,115 --> 00:25:12,234:
as
3508
00:25:12,234 --> 00:25:12,474:
she
3509
00:25:12,474 --> 00:25:12,984:
drew
3510
00:25:12,984 --> 00:25:13,255:
in
3511
00:25:13,255 --> 00:25:13,315:
a
3512
00:25:13,315 --> 00:25:13,914:
shocked
3513
00:25:13,914 --> 00:25:15,775:
breath. “My -”
3514
00:25:15,775 --> 00:25:16,194:
She
3515
00:25:16,194 --> 00:25:16,615:
gaped
3516
00:25:16,615 --> 00:25:16,734:
with
3517
00:25:16,734 --> 00:25:16,855:
a
3518
00:25:16,855 --> 00:25:17,724:
growing
3519
00:25:17,724 --> 00:25:18,414:
growl
3520
00:25:18,414 --> 00:25:18,625:
that
3521
00:25:18,625 --> 00:25:19,315:
rapidly
3522
00:25:19,315 --> 00:25:19,808:
approached
3523
00:25:19,808 --> 00:25:19,974:
the
3524
00:25:19,974 --> 00:25:20,424:
earlier
3525
00:25:20,424 --> 00:25:20,875:
angry
3526
00:25:20,875 --> 00:25:21,384:
steam
3527
00:25:21,384 --> 00:25:21,775:
kettle
3528
00:25:21,775 --> 00:25:22,615:
shriek.
3529
00:25:22,615 --> 00:25:23,305:
Abruptly
3530
00:25:23,305 --> 00:25:23,454:
her
3531
00:25:23,454 --> 00:25:23,994:
maw
3532
00:25:23,994 --> 00:25:24,474:
gaped
3533
00:25:24,474 --> 00:25:24,565:
and
3534
00:25:24,565 --> 00:25:24,744:
her
3535
00:25:24,744 --> 00:25:25,285:
tongue
3536
00:25:25,285 --> 00:25:25,674:
drew
3537
00:25:25,674 --> 00:25:25,944:
up
3538
00:25:25,944 --> 00:25:26,305:
along
3539
00:25:26,305 --> 00:25:26,424:
the
3540
00:25:26,424 --> 00:25:26,875:
roof
3541
00:25:26,875 --> 00:25:27,025:
of
3542
00:25:27,025 --> 00:25:27,174:
her
3543
00:25:27,174 --> 00:25:27,805:
long,
3544
00:25:27,805 --> 00:25:28,194:
deep
3545
00:25:28,194 --> 00:25:28,674:
maw
3546
00:25:28,674 --> 00:25:29,365:
lined
3547
00:25:29,365 --> 00:25:29,634:
with
3548
00:25:29,634 --> 00:25:30,204:
deadly
3549
00:25:30,204 --> 00:25:30,660:
sharp
3550
00:25:30,660 --> 00:25:30,954:
teeth
3551
00:25:30,954 --> 00:25:31,105:
to
3552
00:25:31,105 --> 00:25:31,795:
expose
3553
00:25:31,795 --> 00:25:31,855:
a
3554
00:25:31,855 --> 00:25:32,244:
pair
3555
00:25:32,244 --> 00:25:32,394:
of
3556
00:25:32,394 --> 00:25:32,785:
vents
3557
00:25:32,785 --> 00:25:33,144:
along
3558
00:25:33,144 --> 00:25:34,015:
its root.
3559
00:25:34,015 --> 00:25:34,224:
With
3560
00:25:34,224 --> 00:25:34,285:
a
3561
00:25:34,285 --> 00:25:34,765:
quick,
3562
00:25:34,765 --> 00:25:35,575:
muscular
3563
00:25:35,575 --> 00:25:35,964:
ripple
3564
00:25:35,964 --> 00:25:36,055:
of
3565
00:25:36,055 --> 00:25:36,174:
her
3566
00:25:36,174 --> 00:25:36,775:
powerful
3567
00:25:36,775 --> 00:25:37,315:
throat
3568
00:25:37,315 --> 00:25:37,525:
she
3569
00:25:37,525 --> 00:25:37,795:
sent
3570
00:25:37,795 --> 00:25:38,125:
two
3571
00:25:38,125 --> 00:25:38,904:
streams
3572
00:25:38,904 --> 00:25:39,085:
of
3573
00:25:39,085 --> 00:25:39,744:
steaming
3574
00:25:39,744 --> 00:25:40,404:
blue-green
3575
00:25:40,404 --> 00:25:40,825:
liquid
3576
00:25:40,825 --> 00:25:41,065:
from
3577
00:25:41,065 --> 00:25:42,295:
them.
The knight
3578
00:25:42,295 --> 00:25:42,654:
sat
3579
00:25:42,654 --> 00:25:42,865:
more
3580
00:25:42,865 --> 00:25:43,285:
fully
3581
00:25:43,285 --> 00:25:43,704:
upright
3582
00:25:43,704 --> 00:25:43,884:
when
3583
00:25:43,884 --> 00:25:44,035:
her
3584
00:25:44,035 --> 00:25:44,305:
head
3585
00:25:44,305 --> 00:25:44,515:
drew
3586
00:25:44,515 --> 00:25:45,055:
back,
3587
00:25:45,055 --> 00:25:45,384:
one
3588
00:25:45,384 --> 00:25:45,775:
hand
3589
00:25:45,775 --> 00:25:46,255:
raising
3590
00:25:46,255 --> 00:25:46,375:
in
3591
00:25:46,375 --> 00:25:46,434:
a
3592
00:25:46,434 --> 00:25:46,914:
brief,
3593
00:25:46,914 --> 00:25:47,454:
staying
3594
00:25:47,454 --> 00:25:47,845:
gesture
3595
00:25:47,845 --> 00:25:48,144:
before
3596
00:25:48,144 --> 00:25:48,625:
lifting
3597
00:25:48,625 --> 00:25:48,714:
to
3598
00:25:48,714 --> 00:25:49,194:
slap
3599
00:25:49,194 --> 00:25:49,464:
down
3600
00:25:49,464 --> 00:25:49,555:
the
3601
00:25:49,555 --> 00:25:49,974:
visor
3602
00:25:49,974 --> 00:25:50,095:
of
3603
00:25:50,095 --> 00:25:50,365:
his
3604
00:25:50,365 --> 00:25:50,605:
night
3605
00:25:50,605 --> 00:25:50,904:
black
3606
00:25:50,904 --> 00:25:51,805:
helm.
3607
00:25:51,805 --> 00:25:51,984:
The
3608
00:25:51,984 --> 00:25:52,555:
liquid,
3609
00:25:52,555 --> 00:25:53,184:
thick
3610
00:25:53,184 --> 00:25:53,394:
and
3611
00:25:53,394 --> 00:25:54,204:
viscous,
3612
00:25:54,204 --> 00:25:55,105:
splashed
3613
00:25:55,105 --> 00:25:55,615:
across
3614
00:25:55,615 --> 00:25:55,825:
his
3615
00:25:55,825 --> 00:25:56,214:
seated
3616
00:25:56,214 --> 00:25:56,605:
form
3617
00:25:56,605 --> 00:25:56,694:
and
3618
00:25:56,694 --> 00:25:56,785:
the
3619
00:25:56,785 --> 00:25:57,085:
rock
3620
00:25:57,085 --> 00:25:57,714:
beneath,
3621
00:25:57,714 --> 00:25:58,315:
hissing
3622
00:25:58,315 --> 00:25:58,464:
and
3623
00:25:58,464 --> 00:25:59,035:
popping
3624
00:25:59,035 --> 00:26:00,325:
angrily.
3625
00:26:00,325 --> 00:26:00,474:
The
3626
00:26:00,474 --> 00:26:01,105:
stone
3627
00:26:01,105 --> 00:26:01,644:
chirped
3628
00:26:01,644 --> 00:26:01,765:
and
3629
00:26:01,765 --> 00:26:02,335:
sang
3630
00:26:02,335 --> 00:26:02,484:
as
3631
00:26:02,484 --> 00:26:02,605:
the
3632
00:26:02,605 --> 00:26:03,025:
acid
3633
00:26:03,025 --> 00:26:03,325:
ate
3634
00:26:03,325 --> 00:26:03,535:
into
3635
00:26:03,535 --> 00:26:03,744:
its
3636
00:26:03,744 --> 00:26:04,164:
ancient
3637
00:26:04,164 --> 00:26:05,244:
surface,
3638
00:26:05,244 --> 00:26:05,394:
the
3639
00:26:05,394 --> 00:26:05,934:
grass
3640
00:26:05,934 --> 00:26:06,055:
and
3641
00:26:06,055 --> 00:26:06,535:
flowers
3642
00:26:06,535 --> 00:26:06,924:
about
3643
00:26:06,924 --> 00:26:07,045:
it
3644
00:26:07,045 --> 00:26:07,555:
simply
3645
00:26:07,555 --> 00:26:08,125:
melting
3646
00:26:08,125 --> 00:26:08,454:
without
3647
00:26:08,454 --> 00:26:10,914:
protest. “NO!”
3648
00:26:10,914 --> 00:26:11,365:
She
3649
00:26:11,365 --> 00:26:11,816:
bellowed
3650
00:26:11,816 --> 00:26:11,934:
at
3651
00:26:11,934 --> 00:26:12,025:
the
3652
00:26:12,025 --> 00:26:12,535:
still
3653
00:26:12,535 --> 00:26:12,954:
seated
3654
00:26:12,954 --> 00:26:13,404:
form
3655
00:26:13,404 --> 00:26:13,525:
in
3656
00:26:13,525 --> 00:26:13,615:
the
3657
00:26:13,615 --> 00:26:14,125:
mist
3658
00:26:14,125 --> 00:26:14,694:
created
3659
00:26:14,694 --> 00:26:14,904:
by
3660
00:26:14,904 --> 00:26:15,144:
her
3661
00:26:15,144 --> 00:26:15,625:
acidic
3662
00:26:15,625 --> 00:26:17,333:
expectoration. “You
3663
00:26:17,333 --> 00:26:17,724:
shall
3664
00:26:17,724 --> 00:26:18,115:
not
3665
00:26:18,115 --> 00:26:18,744:
slay
3666
00:26:18,744 --> 00:26:19,255:
me,
3667
00:26:19,255 --> 00:26:21,115:
scourge!”
As
3668
00:26:21,115 --> 00:26:21,204:
the
3669
00:26:21,204 --> 00:26:21,595:
rock
3670
00:26:21,595 --> 00:26:22,015:
beneath
3671
00:26:22,015 --> 00:26:22,164:
him
3672
00:26:22,164 --> 00:26:22,585:
began
3673
00:26:22,585 --> 00:26:22,674:
to
3674
00:26:22,674 --> 00:26:23,275:
dissolve
3675
00:26:23,275 --> 00:26:23,365:
the
3676
00:26:23,365 --> 00:26:23,785:
knight
3677
00:26:23,785 --> 00:26:24,265:
stood
3678
00:26:24,265 --> 00:26:24,384:
and
3679
00:26:24,384 --> 00:26:24,835:
flicked
3680
00:26:24,835 --> 00:26:24,984:
his
3681
00:26:24,984 --> 00:26:25,375:
hands
3682
00:26:25,375 --> 00:26:25,674:
down
3683
00:26:25,674 --> 00:26:25,795:
to
3684
00:26:25,795 --> 00:26:26,065:
rid
3685
00:26:26,065 --> 00:26:26,244:
them
3686
00:26:26,244 --> 00:26:26,335:
of
3687
00:26:26,335 --> 00:26:26,515:
the
3688
00:26:26,515 --> 00:26:27,025:
viscid,
3689
00:26:27,025 --> 00:26:27,535:
clinging
3690
00:26:27,535 --> 00:26:28,585:
acid. “I
3691
00:26:28,585 --> 00:26:28,734:
do
3692
00:26:28,734 --> 00:26:29,214:
not -”
3693
00:26:29,214 --> 00:26:29,454:
he
3694
00:26:29,454 --> 00:26:30,265:
began,
3695
00:26:30,265 --> 00:26:30,474:
his
3696
00:26:30,474 --> 00:26:31,075:
voice
3697
00:26:31,075 --> 00:26:31,375:
hollow
3698
00:26:31,375 --> 00:26:31,494:
and
3699
00:26:31,494 --> 00:26:31,914:
muffled
3700
00:26:31,914 --> 00:26:32,184:
within
3701
00:26:32,184 --> 00:26:32,275:
the
3702
00:26:32,275 --> 00:26:32,755:
chamber
3703
00:26:32,755 --> 00:26:32,845:
of
3704
00:26:32,845 --> 00:26:32,994:
his
3705
00:26:32,994 --> 00:26:33,595:
helm,
3706
00:26:33,595 --> 00:26:33,714:
as
3707
00:26:33,714 --> 00:26:33,924:
she
3708
00:26:33,924 --> 00:26:34,615:
raised
3709
00:26:34,615 --> 00:26:34,734:
her
3710
00:26:34,734 --> 00:26:35,095:
head
3711
00:26:35,095 --> 00:26:35,365:
even
3712
00:26:35,365 --> 00:26:36,025:
further
3713
00:26:36,025 --> 00:26:36,474:
back
3714
00:26:36,474 --> 00:26:36,654:
and
3715
00:26:36,654 --> 00:26:37,224:
up,
3716
00:26:37,224 --> 00:26:38,005:
wings
3717
00:26:38,005 --> 00:26:39,295:
flaring out to
3718
00:26:39,295 --> 00:26:39,924:
mantle
3719
00:26:39,924 --> 00:26:41,125:
the clearing.
3720
00:26:41,125 --> 00:26:41,365:
As
3721
00:26:41,365 --> 00:26:41,904:
swift
3722
00:26:41,904 --> 00:26:42,085:
as
3723
00:26:42,085 --> 00:26:42,414:
any
3724
00:26:42,414 --> 00:26:43,105:
housecat
3725
00:26:43,105 --> 00:26:43,404:
one
3726
00:26:43,404 --> 00:26:44,065:
massive
3727
00:26:44,065 --> 00:26:44,755:
foreclaw
3728
00:26:44,755 --> 00:26:45,355:
lashed
3729
00:26:45,355 --> 00:26:45,894:
out,
3730
00:26:45,894 --> 00:26:46,345:
batting at
3731
00:26:46,345 --> 00:26:46,464:
the
3732
00:26:46,464 --> 00:26:46,825:
knight
3733
00:26:46,825 --> 00:26:47,275:
four
3734
00:26:47,275 --> 00:26:47,904:
times
3735
00:26:47,904 --> 00:26:48,025:
in
3736
00:26:48,025 --> 00:26:48,505:
rapid
3737
00:26:48,505 --> 00:26:49,914:
succession.
3738
00:26:49,914 --> 00:26:50,275:
Only
3739
00:26:50,275 --> 00:26:50,634:
one
3740
00:26:50,634 --> 00:26:51,295:
connected,
3741
00:26:51,295 --> 00:26:51,714:
sending
3742
00:26:51,714 --> 00:26:51,894:
him
3743
00:26:51,894 --> 00:26:52,555:
toppling
3744
00:26:52,555 --> 00:26:52,825:
back
3745
00:26:52,825 --> 00:26:52,974:
from
3746
00:26:52,974 --> 00:26:53,154:
his
3747
00:26:53,154 --> 00:26:53,545:
perch
3748
00:26:53,545 --> 00:26:53,694:
to
3749
00:26:53,694 --> 00:26:54,234:
roll
3750
00:26:54,234 --> 00:26:54,355:
and
3751
00:26:54,355 --> 00:26:54,684:
quickly
3752
00:26:54,684 --> 00:26:55,075:
rise
3753
00:26:55,075 --> 00:26:55,164:
to
3754
00:26:55,164 --> 00:26:55,315:
his
3755
00:26:55,315 --> 00:26:55,825:
feet,
3756
00:26:55,825 --> 00:26:56,484:
retreating
3757
00:26:56,484 --> 00:26:56,904:
quickly
3758
00:26:56,904 --> 00:26:57,055:
to
3759
00:26:57,055 --> 00:26:57,444:
avoid
3760
00:26:57,444 --> 00:26:57,535:
the
3761
00:26:57,535 --> 00:26:58,224:
subsequent
3762
00:26:58,224 --> 00:26:58,944:
rapid-fire
3763
00:26:58,944 --> 00:26:59,904:
strikes.
3764
00:26:59,904 --> 00:27:00,025:
He
3765
00:27:00,025 --> 00:27:00,625:
abandoned
3766
00:27:00,625 --> 00:27:00,865:
both
3767
00:27:00,865 --> 00:27:01,255:
sword
3768
00:27:01,255 --> 00:27:01,375:
and
3769
00:27:01,375 --> 00:27:02,005:
shield,
3770
00:27:02,005 --> 00:27:02,454:
still
3771
00:27:02,454 --> 00:27:02,875:
propped
3772
00:27:02,875 --> 00:27:03,174:
against
3773
00:27:03,174 --> 00:27:03,234:
the
3774
00:27:03,234 --> 00:27:03,684:
stone
3775
00:27:03,684 --> 00:27:03,805:
and
3776
00:27:03,805 --> 00:27:04,285:
dripping
3777
00:27:04,285 --> 00:27:04,734:
acid
3778
00:27:04,734 --> 00:27:05,335:
wholly
3779
00:27:05,335 --> 00:27:07,825:
unaffected.
“Milady, I -”
3780
00:27:07,825 --> 00:27:07,974:
He
3781
00:27:07,974 --> 00:27:08,575:
began
3782
00:27:08,575 --> 00:27:08,815:
as
3783
00:27:08,815 --> 00:27:08,964:
he
3784
00:27:08,964 --> 00:27:09,295:
heard
3785
00:27:09,295 --> 00:27:09,384:
the
3786
00:27:09,384 --> 00:27:09,954:
sharp
3787
00:27:09,954 --> 00:27:10,285:
rush
3788
00:27:10,285 --> 00:27:10,464:
of
3789
00:27:10,464 --> 00:27:11,005:
air
3790
00:27:11,005 --> 00:27:11,394:
and
3791
00:27:11,394 --> 00:27:11,724:
saw
3792
00:27:11,724 --> 00:27:11,875:
the
3793
00:27:11,875 --> 00:27:12,355:
rapid
3794
00:27:12,355 --> 00:27:13,015:
expansion
3795
00:27:13,015 --> 00:27:13,134:
of
3796
00:27:13,134 --> 00:27:13,315:
her
3797
00:27:13,315 --> 00:27:13,944:
dappled
3798
00:27:13,944 --> 00:27:14,365:
green
3799
00:27:14,365 --> 00:27:15,654:
breast. “Oh,
3800
00:27:15,654 --> 00:27:17,785:
bother.”
Seeing
3801
00:27:17,785 --> 00:27:17,964:
that
3802
00:27:17,964 --> 00:27:18,055:
he
3803
00:27:18,055 --> 00:27:18,204:
did
3804
00:27:18,204 --> 00:27:18,414:
not
3805
00:27:18,414 --> 00:27:18,714:
seem
3806
00:27:18,714 --> 00:27:18,835:
to
3807
00:27:18,835 --> 00:27:18,954:
be
3808
00:27:18,954 --> 00:27:19,525:
affected
3809
00:27:19,525 --> 00:27:19,674:
by
3810
00:27:19,674 --> 00:27:19,795:
the
3811
00:27:19,795 --> 00:27:20,394:
sizzling,
3812
00:27:20,394 --> 00:27:20,964:
hissing
3813
00:27:20,964 --> 00:27:21,265:
bite
3814
00:27:21,265 --> 00:27:21,355:
of
3815
00:27:21,355 --> 00:27:21,505:
the
3816
00:27:21,505 --> 00:27:21,894:
acid
3817
00:27:21,894 --> 00:27:22,162:
she
3818
00:27:22,162 --> 00:27:22,555:
shifted
3819
00:27:22,555 --> 00:27:22,674:
to
3820
00:27:22,674 --> 00:27:23,184:
another
3821
00:27:23,184 --> 00:27:23,424:
form
3822
00:27:23,424 --> 00:27:23,515:
of
3823
00:27:23,515 --> 00:27:24,025:
assault
3824
00:27:24,025 --> 00:27:24,474:
available
3825
00:27:24,474 --> 00:27:24,654:
to
3826
00:27:24,654 --> 00:27:24,894:
all
3827
00:27:24,894 --> 00:27:24,984:
of
3828
00:27:24,984 --> 00:27:25,105:
her
3829
00:27:25,105 --> 00:27:26,394:
kind.
3830
00:27:26,394 --> 00:27:26,994:
Lowering
3831
00:27:26,994 --> 00:27:27,174:
her
3832
00:27:27,174 --> 00:27:27,565:
jaw
3833
00:27:27,565 --> 00:27:28,285:
further,
3834
00:27:28,285 --> 00:27:28,674:
laying
3835
00:27:28,674 --> 00:27:28,825:
her
3836
00:27:28,825 --> 00:27:29,365:
tongue
3837
00:27:29,365 --> 00:27:29,755:
back
3838
00:27:29,755 --> 00:27:30,174:
down
3839
00:27:30,174 --> 00:27:30,295:
to
3840
00:27:30,295 --> 00:27:30,595:
cover
3841
00:27:30,595 --> 00:27:30,684:
the
3842
00:27:30,684 --> 00:27:31,134:
vents
3843
00:27:31,134 --> 00:27:31,285:
that
3844
00:27:31,285 --> 00:27:32,005:
discharged
3845
00:27:32,005 --> 00:27:32,815:
acid,
3846
00:27:32,815 --> 00:27:33,085:
she
3847
00:27:33,085 --> 00:27:33,744:
exposed
3848
00:27:33,744 --> 00:27:34,255:
another
3849
00:27:34,255 --> 00:27:34,615:
pair
3850
00:27:34,615 --> 00:27:34,734:
of
3851
00:27:34,734 --> 00:27:35,365:
far
3852
00:27:35,365 --> 00:27:35,845:
larger
3853
00:27:35,845 --> 00:27:36,505:
vents
3854
00:27:36,505 --> 00:27:36,924:
just
3855
00:27:36,924 --> 00:27:37,194:
to
3856
00:27:37,194 --> 00:27:37,555:
either
3857
00:27:37,555 --> 00:27:38,035:
side
3858
00:27:38,035 --> 00:27:38,575:
behind
3859
00:27:38,575 --> 00:27:38,755:
her
3860
00:27:38,755 --> 00:27:39,444:
rearmost
3861
00:27:39,444 --> 00:27:40,434:
teeth.
3862
00:27:40,434 --> 00:27:40,795:
As
3863
00:27:40,795 --> 00:27:40,884:
the
3864
00:27:40,884 --> 00:27:41,240:
knight
3865
00:27:41,240 --> 00:27:41,634:
seemed
3866
00:27:41,634 --> 00:27:41,724:
to
3867
00:27:41,724 --> 00:27:42,234:
slump
3868
00:27:42,234 --> 00:27:42,744:
slightly
3869
00:27:42,744 --> 00:27:42,835:
in
3870
00:27:42,835 --> 00:27:43,644:
defeat
3871
00:27:43,644 --> 00:27:43,914:
she
3872
00:27:43,914 --> 00:27:44,575:
released
3873
00:27:44,575 --> 00:27:44,755:
her
3874
00:27:44,755 --> 00:27:45,265:
breath
3875
00:27:45,265 --> 00:27:45,414:
and
3876
00:27:45,414 --> 00:27:45,474:
a
3877
00:27:45,474 --> 00:27:46,164:
stream
3878
00:27:46,164 --> 00:27:46,285:
of
3879
00:27:46,285 --> 00:27:46,734:
fluid
3880
00:27:46,734 --> 00:27:46,974:
from
3881
00:27:46,974 --> 00:27:47,184:
those
3882
00:27:47,184 --> 00:27:48,085:
vents.
3883
00:27:48,085 --> 00:27:48,714:
Instantly
3884
00:27:48,714 --> 00:27:48,865:
her
3885
00:27:48,865 --> 00:27:49,164:
breath
3886
00:27:49,164 --> 00:27:49,674:
ignited
3887
00:27:49,674 --> 00:27:49,765:
the
3888
00:27:49,765 --> 00:27:50,154:
fluid
3889
00:27:50,154 --> 00:27:50,244:
in
3890
00:27:50,244 --> 00:27:50,305:
a
3891
00:27:50,305 --> 00:27:50,815:
brilliant
3892
00:27:50,815 --> 00:27:51,174:
gout
3893
00:27:51,174 --> 00:27:51,325:
of
3894
00:27:51,325 --> 00:27:51,625:
bright
3895
00:27:51,625 --> 00:27:51,805:
blue
3896
00:27:51,805 --> 00:27:52,285:
flame
3897
00:27:52,285 --> 00:27:52,404:
that
3898
00:27:52,404 --> 00:27:52,944:
retained
3899
00:27:52,944 --> 00:27:53,154:
that
3900
00:27:53,154 --> 00:27:53,335:
hue
3901
00:27:53,335 --> 00:27:53,515:
for
3902
00:27:53,515 --> 00:27:53,845:
several
3903
00:27:53,845 --> 00:27:54,535:
feet,
3904
00:27:54,535 --> 00:27:54,924:
fading
3905
00:27:54,924 --> 00:27:55,015:
to
3906
00:27:55,015 --> 00:27:55,884:
yellow-orange
3907
00:27:55,884 --> 00:27:56,275:
before
3908
00:27:56,275 --> 00:27:56,724:
bathing
3909
00:27:56,724 --> 00:27:57,115:
across
3910
00:27:57,115 --> 00:27:57,654:
stone
3911
00:27:57,654 --> 00:27:58,194:
and knight
3912
00:27:58,194 --> 00:27:58,285:
in
3913
00:27:58,285 --> 00:27:58,345:
a
3914
00:27:58,345 --> 00:27:59,065:
roaring
3915
00:27:59,065 --> 00:27:59,605:
torrent
3916
00:27:59,605 --> 00:27:59,694:
of
3917
00:27:59,694 --> 00:28:00,325:
searing
3918
00:28:00,325 --> 00:28:01,494:
heat.
Deadly
3919
00:28:01,494 --> 00:28:01,944:
acidic
3920
00:28:01,944 --> 00:28:02,515:
steam
3921
00:28:02,515 --> 00:28:03,055:
hissed
3922
00:28:03,055 --> 00:28:03,265:
up
3923
00:28:03,265 --> 00:28:03,444:
from
3924
00:28:03,444 --> 00:28:03,775:
both
3925
00:28:03,775 --> 00:28:03,835:
the
3926
00:28:03,835 --> 00:28:04,434:
stone
3927
00:28:04,434 --> 00:28:04,644:
and
3928
00:28:04,644 --> 00:28:05,335:
the knight
3929
00:28:05,335 --> 00:28:05,575:
as
3930
00:28:05,575 --> 00:28:05,694:
her
3931
00:28:05,694 --> 00:28:06,295:
fire
3932
00:28:06,295 --> 00:28:06,865:
instantly
3933
00:28:06,865 --> 00:28:07,285:
turned
3934
00:28:07,285 --> 00:28:07,375:
the
3935
00:28:07,375 --> 00:28:07,855:
viscid
3936
00:28:07,855 --> 00:28:08,275:
liquid
3937
00:28:08,275 --> 00:28:08,484:
into
3938
00:28:08,484 --> 00:28:09,265:
vapor.
3939
00:28:09,265 --> 00:28:09,595:
From
3940
00:28:09,595 --> 00:28:09,684:
the
3941
00:28:09,684 --> 00:28:10,137:
stone
3942
00:28:10,137 --> 00:28:10,315:
and
3943
00:28:10,315 --> 00:28:10,795:
extending
3944
00:28:10,795 --> 00:28:11,125:
another
3945
00:28:11,125 --> 00:28:11,545:
thirty
3946
00:28:11,545 --> 00:28:11,634:
or
3947
00:28:11,634 --> 00:28:11,904:
more
3948
00:28:11,904 --> 00:28:12,595:
feet
3949
00:28:12,595 --> 00:28:12,775:
the
3950
00:28:12,775 --> 00:28:13,464:
beauteous
3951
00:28:13,464 --> 00:28:13,855:
green
3952
00:28:13,855 --> 00:28:14,035:
and
3953
00:28:14,035 --> 00:28:14,484:
dappled
3954
00:28:14,484 --> 00:28:14,845:
colors
3955
00:28:14,845 --> 00:28:15,025:
of
3956
00:28:15,025 --> 00:28:15,444:
forest
3957
00:28:15,444 --> 00:28:16,134:
flowers
3958
00:28:16,134 --> 00:28:16,375:
were
3959
00:28:16,375 --> 00:28:17,035:
charged
3960
00:28:17,035 --> 00:28:17,575:
black
3961
00:28:17,575 --> 00:28:17,664:
in
3962
00:28:17,664 --> 00:28:17,785:
an
3963
00:28:17,785 --> 00:28:18,295:
instant
3964
00:28:18,295 --> 00:28:18,684:
before
3965
00:28:18,684 --> 00:28:19,194:
wafting
3966
00:28:19,194 --> 00:28:19,644:
away as
3967
00:28:19,644 --> 00:28:19,944:
so
3968
00:28:19,944 --> 00:28:20,214:
much
3969
00:28:20,214 --> 00:28:21,265:
ash.
3970
00:28:21,265 --> 00:28:21,625:
Only
3971
00:28:21,625 --> 00:28:22,404:
the knight,
3972
00:28:22,404 --> 00:28:22,674:
his
3973
00:28:22,674 --> 00:28:22,884:
now
3974
00:28:22,884 --> 00:28:23,214:
fallen
3975
00:28:23,214 --> 00:28:23,515:
weapon
3976
00:28:23,515 --> 00:28:23,634:
and
3977
00:28:23,634 --> 00:28:24,234:
shield,
3978
00:28:24,234 --> 00:28:24,355:
and
3979
00:28:24,355 --> 00:28:24,505:
the
3980
00:28:24,505 --> 00:28:24,924:
glowing
3981
00:28:24,924 --> 00:28:25,464:
rubble
3982
00:28:25,464 --> 00:28:25,585:
of
3983
00:28:25,585 --> 00:28:25,704:
the
3984
00:28:25,704 --> 00:28:26,065:
rock
3985
00:28:26,065 --> 00:28:26,152:
he
3986
00:28:26,152 --> 00:28:26,275:
had
3987
00:28:26,275 --> 00:28:26,634:
perched
3988
00:28:26,634 --> 00:28:26,904:
upon
3989
00:28:26,904 --> 00:28:27,625:
remained
3990
00:28:27,625 --> 00:28:27,805:
as
3991
00:28:27,805 --> 00:28:27,924:
her
3992
00:28:27,924 --> 00:28:28,404:
breath
3993
00:28:28,404 --> 00:28:28,884:
petered
3994
00:28:28,884 --> 00:28:29,305:
out
3995
00:28:29,305 --> 00:28:29,424:
and
3996
00:28:29,424 --> 00:28:29,484:
the
3997
00:28:29,484 --> 00:28:30,042:
flames
3998
00:28:30,042 --> 00:28:32,939:
stopped.
The knight
3999
00:28:32,939 --> 00:28:33,595:
stood
4000
00:28:33,595 --> 00:28:33,785:
where
4001
00:28:33,785 --> 00:28:33,894:
her
4002
00:28:33,894 --> 00:28:34,375:
strikes
4003
00:28:34,375 --> 00:28:34,525:
had
4004
00:28:34,525 --> 00:28:34,825:
left
4005
00:28:34,825 --> 00:28:35,454:
him,
4006
00:28:35,454 --> 00:28:36,295:
untouched
4007
00:28:36,295 --> 00:28:36,565:
but
4008
00:28:36,565 --> 00:28:36,805:
for
4009
00:28:36,805 --> 00:28:36,924:
the
4010
00:28:36,924 --> 00:28:37,434:
lingering
4011
00:28:37,434 --> 00:28:37,825:
wisps
4012
00:28:37,825 --> 00:28:37,914:
of
4013
00:28:37,914 --> 00:28:38,454:
smoke
4014
00:28:38,454 --> 00:28:38,664:
where
4015
00:28:38,664 --> 00:28:38,964:
her
4016
00:28:38,964 --> 00:28:39,384:
acid
4017
00:28:39,384 --> 00:28:39,535:
and
4018
00:28:39,535 --> 00:28:39,984:
fire
4019
00:28:39,984 --> 00:28:40,194:
had
4020
00:28:40,194 --> 00:28:40,555:
seared
4021
00:28:40,555 --> 00:28:40,884:
away
4022
00:28:40,884 --> 00:28:41,035:
the
4023
00:28:41,035 --> 00:28:41,484:
dust
4024
00:28:41,484 --> 00:28:41,575:
of
4025
00:28:41,575 --> 00:28:41,694:
his
4026
00:28:41,694 --> 00:28:42,775:
travels.
4027
00:28:42,775 --> 00:28:43,555:
Stunned
4028
00:28:43,555 --> 00:28:43,674:
at
4029
00:28:43,674 --> 00:28:43,765:
the
4030
00:28:43,765 --> 00:28:44,755:
spectacle
4031
00:28:44,755 --> 00:28:44,875:
the
4032
00:28:44,875 --> 00:28:45,325:
dragon
4033
00:28:45,325 --> 00:28:45,835:
lurched
4034
00:28:45,835 --> 00:28:46,134:
back
4035
00:28:46,134 --> 00:28:46,194:
a
4036
00:28:46,194 --> 00:28:46,494:
step
4037
00:28:46,494 --> 00:28:46,585:
and
4038
00:28:46,585 --> 00:28:47,575:
snarled
4039
00:28:47,575 --> 00:28:47,755:
but
4040
00:28:47,755 --> 00:28:47,845:
the
4041
00:28:47,845 --> 00:28:48,204:
knight
4042
00:28:48,204 --> 00:28:48,595:
merely
4043
00:28:48,595 --> 00:28:49,045:
raised
4044
00:28:49,045 --> 00:28:49,315:
one
4045
00:28:49,315 --> 00:28:49,765:
hand
4046
00:28:49,765 --> 00:28:49,855:
in
4047
00:28:49,855 --> 00:28:49,884:
a
4048
00:28:49,884 --> 00:28:50,305:
staying
4049
00:28:50,305 --> 00:28:51,595:
gesture.
“I
4050
00:28:51,595 --> 00:28:51,835:
may
4051
00:28:51,835 --> 00:28:52,884:
have, hmm,
4052
00:28:52,884 --> 00:28:53,664:
phrased
4053
00:28:53,664 --> 00:28:53,904:
that
4054
00:28:53,904 --> 00:28:54,414:
wrong,
4055
00:28:54,414 --> 00:28:54,744:
fair
4056
00:28:54,744 --> 00:28:55,704:
Jade.”
4057
00:28:55,704 --> 00:28:55,914:
His
4058
00:28:55,914 --> 00:28:56,244:
voice
4059
00:28:56,244 --> 00:28:56,424:
was
4060
00:28:56,424 --> 00:28:56,875:
hollow
4061
00:28:56,875 --> 00:28:57,055:
but
4062
00:28:57,055 --> 00:28:57,505:
touched
4063
00:28:57,505 --> 00:28:57,684:
with
4064
00:28:57,684 --> 00:28:58,164:
wry,
4065
00:28:58,164 --> 00:28:59,005:
self-effacing
4066
00:28:59,005 --> 00:28:59,875:
humor.
4067
00:28:59,875 --> 00:29:00,025:
He
4068
00:29:00,025 --> 00:29:00,595:
sketched
4069
00:29:00,595 --> 00:29:00,654:
a
4070
00:29:00,654 --> 00:29:01,285:
bow
4071
00:29:01,285 --> 00:29:01,525:
as
4072
00:29:01,525 --> 00:29:01,855:
far
4073
00:29:01,855 --> 00:29:02,065:
as
4074
00:29:02,065 --> 00:29:02,154:
the
4075
00:29:02,154 --> 00:29:02,785:
varicolored
4076
00:29:02,785 --> 00:29:03,204:
armor
4077
00:29:03,204 --> 00:29:04,644:
allowed. “My
4078
00:29:04,644 --> 00:29:05,755:
apologies.
4079
00:29:05,755 --> 00:29:05,964:
I
4080
00:29:05,964 --> 00:29:06,355:
did,
4081
00:29:06,355 --> 00:29:06,565:
it
4082
00:29:06,565 --> 00:29:07,375:
seems,
4083
00:29:07,375 --> 00:29:07,944:
neglect
4084
00:29:07,944 --> 00:29:08,214:
one
4085
00:29:08,214 --> 00:29:08,545:
small
4086
00:29:08,545 --> 00:29:08,845:
bit
4087
00:29:08,845 --> 00:29:08,994:
when
4088
00:29:08,994 --> 00:29:09,085:
I
4089
00:29:09,085 --> 00:29:09,595:
explained
4090
00:29:09,595 --> 00:29:09,684:
the
4091
00:29:09,684 --> 00:29:10,164:
quest
4092
00:29:10,164 --> 00:29:10,255:
the
4093
00:29:10,255 --> 00:29:10,494:
king
4094
00:29:10,494 --> 00:29:10,734:
set
4095
00:29:10,734 --> 00:29:11,065:
upon
4096
00:29:11,065 --> 00:29:12,144:
me.”
“That
4097
00:29:12,144 --> 00:29:12,355:
the
4098
00:29:12,355 --> 00:29:12,805:
treasure
4099
00:29:12,805 --> 00:29:12,954:
you
4100
00:29:12,954 --> 00:29:13,375:
seek
4101
00:29:13,375 --> 00:29:13,704:
not
4102
00:29:13,704 --> 00:29:13,884:
be
4103
00:29:13,884 --> 00:29:14,005:
the
4104
00:29:14,005 --> 00:29:14,545:
flesh
4105
00:29:14,545 --> 00:29:14,664:
of
4106
00:29:14,664 --> 00:29:14,815:
yet
4107
00:29:14,815 --> 00:29:15,174:
another
4108
00:29:15,174 --> 00:29:15,954:
dragon?”
4109
00:29:15,954 --> 00:29:16,315:
She
4110
00:29:16,315 --> 00:29:17,214:
rumbled,
4111
00:29:17,214 --> 00:29:17,634:
eyeing
4112
00:29:17,634 --> 00:29:17,755:
the
4113
00:29:17,755 --> 00:29:18,535:
man.
4114
00:29:18,535 --> 00:29:18,775:
Of
4115
00:29:18,775 --> 00:29:19,434:
course,
4116
00:29:19,434 --> 00:29:19,555:
the
4117
00:29:19,555 --> 00:29:20,005:
dragon
4118
00:29:20,005 --> 00:29:20,335:
hide
4119
00:29:20,335 --> 00:29:20,454:
he
4120
00:29:20,454 --> 00:29:20,575:
had
4121
00:29:20,575 --> 00:29:20,904:
donned
4122
00:29:20,904 --> 00:29:21,055:
would
4123
00:29:21,055 --> 00:29:21,505:
protect
4124
00:29:21,505 --> 00:29:21,654:
him
4125
00:29:21,654 --> 00:29:22,015:
just
4126
00:29:22,015 --> 00:29:22,194:
as it
4127
00:29:22,194 --> 00:29:22,494:
would
4128
00:29:22,494 --> 00:29:22,795:
any
4129
00:29:22,795 --> 00:29:23,815:
dragon.
4130
00:29:23,815 --> 00:29:24,085:
She
4131
00:29:24,085 --> 00:29:24,204:
had
4132
00:29:24,204 --> 00:29:24,625:
hoped
4133
00:29:24,625 --> 00:29:24,805:
that
4134
00:29:24,805 --> 00:29:25,015:
their
4135
00:29:25,015 --> 00:29:25,434:
deaths
4136
00:29:25,434 --> 00:29:25,585:
would
4137
00:29:25,585 --> 00:29:25,944:
negate
4138
00:29:25,944 --> 00:29:26,065:
that
4139
00:29:26,065 --> 00:29:26,605:
protection
4140
00:29:26,605 --> 00:29:27,295:
but,
4141
00:29:27,295 --> 00:29:27,954:
clearly,
4142
00:29:27,954 --> 00:29:28,105:
it
4143
00:29:28,105 --> 00:29:28,194:
did
4144
00:29:28,194 --> 00:29:28,404:
not
4145
00:29:28,404 --> 00:29:28,615:
even
4146
00:29:28,615 --> 00:29:28,944:
weaken
4147
00:29:28,944 --> 00:29:30,295:
it.
“In
4148
00:29:30,295 --> 00:29:30,325:
a
4149
00:29:30,325 --> 00:29:30,654:
manner,
4150
00:29:30,654 --> 00:29:31,285:
milady,
4151
00:29:31,285 --> 00:29:32,154:
yes.
4152
00:29:32,154 --> 00:29:32,305:
You
4153
00:29:32,305 --> 00:29:32,694:
see,
4154
00:29:32,694 --> 00:29:32,845:
to
4155
00:29:32,845 --> 00:29:33,234:
ensure
4156
00:29:33,234 --> 00:29:33,355:
that
4157
00:29:33,355 --> 00:29:33,444:
I
4158
00:29:33,444 --> 00:29:33,595:
did
4159
00:29:33,595 --> 00:29:33,805:
not
4160
00:29:33,805 --> 00:29:34,494:
simply
4161
00:29:34,494 --> 00:29:34,884:
present
4162
00:29:34,884 --> 00:29:34,974:
a
4163
00:29:34,974 --> 00:29:35,365:
treasure
4164
00:29:35,365 --> 00:29:35,515:
of
4165
00:29:35,515 --> 00:29:35,694:
my
4166
00:29:35,694 --> 00:29:36,355:
spoils,
4167
00:29:36,355 --> 00:29:36,835:
or
4168
00:29:36,835 --> 00:29:37,345:
vanquish
4169
00:29:37,345 --> 00:29:37,525:
yet
4170
00:29:37,525 --> 00:29:37,884:
another
4171
00:29:37,884 --> 00:29:38,005:
to
4172
00:29:38,005 --> 00:29:38,394:
procure
4173
00:29:38,394 --> 00:29:39,234:
theirs,
4174
00:29:39,234 --> 00:29:39,444:
I
4175
00:29:39,444 --> 00:29:39,654:
was
4176
00:29:39,654 --> 00:29:39,984:
set
4177
00:29:39,984 --> 00:29:40,045:
a
4178
00:29:40,045 --> 00:29:40,644:
specific
4179
00:29:40,644 --> 00:29:41,964:
limitation.
4180
00:29:41,964 --> 00:29:42,144:
The
4181
00:29:42,144 --> 00:29:42,535:
very
4182
00:29:42,535 --> 00:29:43,164:
limitation
4183
00:29:43,164 --> 00:29:43,315:
that
4184
00:29:43,315 --> 00:29:43,555:
had
4185
00:29:43,555 --> 00:29:43,674:
me
4186
00:29:43,674 --> 00:29:44,125:
seek
4187
00:29:44,125 --> 00:29:44,424:
you,
4188
00:29:44,424 --> 00:29:45,295:
specifically,
4189
00:29:45,295 --> 00:29:45,503:
when
4190
00:29:45,503 --> 00:29:45,924:
no
4191
00:29:45,924 --> 00:29:46,194:
other
4192
00:29:46,194 --> 00:29:46,734:
trusted
4193
00:29:46,734 --> 00:29:46,944:
me
4194
00:29:46,944 --> 00:29:47,214:
enough
4195
00:29:47,214 --> 00:29:47,335:
to
4196
00:29:47,335 --> 00:29:47,755:
extend
4197
00:29:47,755 --> 00:29:47,964:
such
4198
00:29:47,964 --> 00:29:48,055:
a
4199
00:29:48,055 --> 00:29:49,224:
boon.”
The
4200
00:29:49,224 --> 00:29:49,824:
dragoness
4201
00:29:49,824 --> 00:29:50,694:
scoffed,
4202
00:29:50,694 --> 00:29:50,845:
a
4203
00:29:50,845 --> 00:29:51,325:
roil
4204
00:29:51,325 --> 00:29:51,444:
of
4205
00:29:51,444 --> 00:29:54,565:
steam wafting past her bared fangs. “I would
4206
00:29:54,565 --> 00:29:54,924:
wonder
4207
00:29:54,924 --> 00:29:55,585:
why.”
4208
00:29:55,585 --> 00:29:55,884:
She
4209
00:29:55,884 --> 00:29:56,545:
snarled
4210
00:29:56,545 --> 00:29:56,664:
with
4211
00:29:56,664 --> 00:29:56,724:
a
4212
00:29:56,724 --> 00:29:57,085:
wave
4213
00:29:57,085 --> 00:29:57,237:
of
4214
00:29:57,237 --> 00:29:57,325:
a
4215
00:29:57,325 --> 00:29:57,775:
taloned
4216
00:29:57,775 --> 00:29:58,315:
forearm
4217
00:29:58,315 --> 00:29:58,434:
at
4218
00:29:58,434 --> 00:29:58,525:
the
4219
00:29:58,525 --> 00:29:59,005:
figure
4220
00:29:59,005 --> 00:29:59,154:
he
4221
00:29:59,154 --> 00:29:59,694:
presented
4222
00:29:59,694 --> 00:30:00,295:
replete
4223
00:30:00,295 --> 00:30:00,384:
in
4224
00:30:00,384 --> 00:30:00,565:
his
4225
00:30:00,565 --> 00:30:01,164:
stolen
4226
00:30:01,164 --> 00:30:04,464:
skin.
“Indeed.”
4227
00:30:04,464 --> 00:30:04,644:
He
4228
00:30:04,644 --> 00:30:05,005:
actually
4229
00:30:05,005 --> 00:30:05,845:
chuckled,
4230
00:30:05,845 --> 00:30:06,474:
cautiously
4231
00:30:06,474 --> 00:30:07,015:
levering
4232
00:30:07,015 --> 00:30:07,285:
up
4233
00:30:07,285 --> 00:30:07,404:
the
4234
00:30:07,404 --> 00:30:07,795:
face
4235
00:30:07,795 --> 00:30:07,974:
guard
4236
00:30:07,974 --> 00:30:08,065:
of
4237
00:30:08,065 --> 00:30:08,184:
his
4238
00:30:08,184 --> 00:30:09,025:
helm.
4239
00:30:09,025 --> 00:30:09,234:
His
4240
00:30:09,234 --> 00:30:09,625:
face
4241
00:30:09,625 --> 00:30:10,194:
wrinkled
4242
00:30:10,194 --> 00:30:10,315:
at
4243
00:30:10,315 --> 00:30:10,375:
the
4244
00:30:10,375 --> 00:30:10,944:
stench
4245
00:30:10,944 --> 00:30:11,125:
of
4246
00:30:11,125 --> 00:30:11,605:
boiled
4247
00:30:11,605 --> 00:30:12,085:
acid
4248
00:30:12,085 --> 00:30:12,234:
and
4249
00:30:12,234 --> 00:30:12,744:
charred
4250
00:30:12,744 --> 00:30:14,424:
earth. “He
4251
00:30:14,424 --> 00:30:14,694:
bade
4252
00:30:14,694 --> 00:30:15,085:
me
4253
00:30:15,085 --> 00:30:15,384:
bring
4254
00:30:15,384 --> 00:30:15,625:
back
4255
00:30:15,625 --> 00:30:15,684:
a
4256
00:30:15,684 --> 00:30:16,075:
treasure
4257
00:30:16,075 --> 00:30:16,255:
from
4258
00:30:16,255 --> 00:30:16,285:
a
4259
00:30:16,285 --> 00:30:16,765:
dragon’s
4260
00:30:16,765 --> 00:30:17,244:
hoard,
4261
00:30:17,244 --> 00:30:17,934:
without
4262
00:30:17,934 --> 00:30:18,535:
harm
4263
00:30:18,535 --> 00:30:18,684:
to
4264
00:30:18,684 --> 00:30:18,805:
the
4265
00:30:18,805 --> 00:30:19,224:
dragon
4266
00:30:19,224 --> 00:30:19,464:
from
4267
00:30:19,464 --> 00:30:19,704:
whom
4268
00:30:19,704 --> 00:30:19,825:
it
4269
00:30:19,825 --> 00:30:20,005:
was
4270
00:30:20,005 --> 00:30:20,875:
gifted.”
4271
00:30:20,875 --> 00:30:21,055:
He
4272
00:30:21,055 --> 00:30:21,414:
stressed
4273
00:30:21,414 --> 00:30:21,505:
the
4274
00:30:21,505 --> 00:30:21,894:
last
4275
00:30:21,894 --> 00:30:21,984:
as
4276
00:30:21,984 --> 00:30:22,075:
he
4277
00:30:22,075 --> 00:30:22,704:
spoke,
4278
00:30:22,704 --> 00:30:23,065:
biting
4279
00:30:23,065 --> 00:30:23,365:
back
4280
00:30:23,365 --> 00:30:23,484:
the
4281
00:30:23,484 --> 00:30:23,964:
cough
4282
00:30:23,964 --> 00:30:24,085:
that
4283
00:30:24,085 --> 00:30:24,204:
the
4284
00:30:24,204 --> 00:30:24,595:
fading
4285
00:30:24,595 --> 00:30:24,954:
acid
4286
00:30:24,954 --> 00:30:25,075:
and
4287
00:30:25,075 --> 00:30:25,525:
smoke
4288
00:30:25,525 --> 00:30:26,035:
tickled
4289
00:30:26,035 --> 00:30:26,154:
in
4290
00:30:26,154 --> 00:30:26,244:
the
4291
00:30:26,244 --> 00:30:26,515:
back
4292
00:30:26,515 --> 00:30:26,575:
of
4293
00:30:26,575 --> 00:30:26,724:
his
4294
00:30:26,724 --> 00:30:28,194:
throat. “Of
4295
00:30:28,194 --> 00:30:28,464:
their
4296
00:30:28,464 --> 00:30:28,825:
own
4297
00:30:28,825 --> 00:30:29,125:
free
4298
00:30:29,125 --> 00:30:30,055:
will.”
“And
4299
00:30:30,055 --> 00:30:30,174:
you
4300
00:30:30,174 --> 00:30:30,535:
believe
4301
00:30:30,535 --> 00:30:30,625:
I
4302
00:30:30,625 --> 00:30:30,805:
would
4303
00:30:30,805 --> 00:30:31,045:
do
4304
00:30:31,045 --> 00:30:31,734:
this?
4305
00:30:31,734 --> 00:30:32,184:
Simply
4306
00:30:32,184 --> 00:30:32,904:
surrender
4307
00:30:32,904 --> 00:30:33,025:
up a
4308
00:30:33,025 --> 00:30:33,505:
treasure
4309
00:30:33,505 --> 00:30:33,625:
from
4310
00:30:33,625 --> 00:30:33,835:
my
4311
00:30:33,835 --> 00:30:34,255:
lair
4312
00:30:34,255 --> 00:30:34,525:
willy
4313
00:30:34,525 --> 00:30:35,515:
nilly?
4314
00:30:35,515 --> 00:30:35,755:
And
4315
00:30:35,755 --> 00:30:36,085:
you
4316
00:30:36,085 --> 00:30:36,654:
choose
4317
00:30:36,654 --> 00:30:36,954:
my
4318
00:30:36,954 --> 00:30:38,694:
heart?”
4319
00:30:38,694 --> 00:30:38,875:
Her
4320
00:30:38,875 --> 00:30:39,234:
voice
4321
00:30:39,234 --> 00:30:39,835:
rose
4322
00:30:39,835 --> 00:30:40,105:
from
4323
00:30:40,105 --> 00:30:40,765:
rumble
4324
00:30:40,765 --> 00:30:40,914:
to
4325
00:30:40,914 --> 00:30:41,454:
growl
4326
00:30:41,454 --> 00:30:41,605:
to
4327
00:30:41,605 --> 00:30:42,414:
bellowing
4328
00:30:42,414 --> 00:30:42,835:
roar as
4329
00:30:42,835 --> 00:30:43,839:
she spoke,
4330
00:30:43,839 --> 00:30:44,619:
steam
4331
00:30:44,619 --> 00:30:45,130:
billowing
4332
00:30:45,130 --> 00:30:45,220:
as
4333
00:30:45,220 --> 00:30:45,400:
she
4334
00:30:45,400 --> 00:30:45,941:
spat
4335
00:30:45,941 --> 00:30:45,998:
the
4336
00:30:45,998 --> 00:30:46,420:
last
4337
00:30:46,420 --> 00:30:48,190:
word.
“Yes,
4338
00:30:48,190 --> 00:30:48,910:
magnificent
4339
00:30:48,910 --> 00:30:49,299:
mistress
4340
00:30:49,299 --> 00:30:49,359:
of
4341
00:30:49,359 --> 00:30:49,450:
the
4342
00:30:49,450 --> 00:30:50,259:
lake.”
4343
00:30:50,259 --> 00:30:50,440:
He
4344
00:30:50,440 --> 00:30:50,769:
stepped
4345
00:30:50,769 --> 00:30:51,220:
forward
4346
00:30:51,220 --> 00:30:51,609:
several
4347
00:30:51,609 --> 00:30:52,210:
paces
4348
00:30:52,210 --> 00:30:52,299:
and
4349
00:30:52,299 --> 00:30:52,630:
she
4350
00:30:52,630 --> 00:30:52,960:
drew
4351
00:30:52,960 --> 00:30:53,619:
up,
4352
00:30:53,619 --> 00:30:54,400:
glowering
4353
00:30:54,400 --> 00:30:54,849:
down
4354
00:30:54,849 --> 00:30:55,000:
from
4355
00:30:55,000 --> 00:30:55,119:
the
4356
00:30:55,119 --> 00:30:55,720:
impressive
4357
00:30:55,720 --> 00:30:56,140:
height
4358
00:30:56,140 --> 00:30:56,230:
of
4359
00:30:56,230 --> 00:30:56,410:
her
4360
00:30:56,410 --> 00:30:57,039:
majestic
4361
00:30:57,039 --> 00:30:57,400:
form
4362
00:30:57,400 --> 00:30:57,519:
as
4363
00:30:57,519 --> 00:30:57,730:
he
4364
00:30:57,730 --> 00:30:58,089:
stood
4365
00:30:58,089 --> 00:30:58,450:
before
4366
00:30:58,450 --> 00:30:59,079:
her,
4367
00:30:59,079 --> 00:30:59,529:
within
4368
00:30:59,529 --> 00:30:59,920:
easy
4369
00:30:59,920 --> 00:31:00,279:
reach
4370
00:31:00,279 --> 00:31:00,400:
of
4371
00:31:00,400 --> 00:31:00,700:
both
4372
00:31:00,700 --> 00:31:01,299:
talon and
4373
00:31:01,299 --> 00:31:02,140:
fang,
4374
00:31:02,140 --> 00:31:02,319:
to
4375
00:31:02,319 --> 00:31:02,799:
gaze
4376
00:31:02,799 --> 00:31:03,130:
back up
4377
00:31:03,130 --> 00:31:03,190:
at
4378
00:31:03,190 --> 00:31:04,809:
her. “Indeed
4379
00:31:04,809 --> 00:31:04,900:
I
4380
00:31:04,900 --> 00:31:05,230:
so
4381
00:31:05,230 --> 00:31:05,769:
chose,
4382
00:31:05,769 --> 00:31:07,119:
fair Jhydeshaii.
4383
00:31:07,119 --> 00:31:07,329:
For,
4384
00:31:07,329 --> 00:31:07,515:
you
4385
00:31:07,515 --> 00:31:08,470:
see,
4386
00:31:08,470 --> 00:31:08,710:
if
4387
00:31:08,710 --> 00:31:08,950:
I
4388
00:31:08,950 --> 00:31:09,309:
complete
4389
00:31:09,309 --> 00:31:09,490:
this
4390
00:31:09,490 --> 00:31:09,819:
task
4391
00:31:09,819 --> 00:31:10,150:
before
4392
00:31:10,150 --> 00:31:10,390:
all
4393
00:31:10,390 --> 00:31:10,480:
of
4394
00:31:10,480 --> 00:31:10,599:
the
4395
00:31:10,599 --> 00:31:10,839:
others
4396
00:31:10,839 --> 00:31:11,079:
sent
4397
00:31:11,079 --> 00:31:11,200:
on
4398
00:31:11,200 --> 00:31:11,380:
their
4399
00:31:11,380 --> 00:31:11,619:
own
4400
00:31:11,619 --> 00:31:12,430:
quests,
4401
00:31:12,430 --> 00:31:12,640:
I
4402
00:31:12,640 --> 00:31:12,819:
will
4403
00:31:12,819 --> 00:31:12,970:
be
4404
00:31:12,970 --> 00:31:13,390:
king
4405
00:31:13,390 --> 00:31:13,509:
of
4406
00:31:13,509 --> 00:31:13,720:
these
4407
00:31:13,720 --> 00:31:15,279:
lands.
“And
4408
00:31:15,279 --> 00:31:15,369:
a
4409
00:31:15,369 --> 00:31:16,089:
king
4410
00:31:16,089 --> 00:31:16,750:
needs
4411
00:31:16,750 --> 00:31:16,869:
a
4412
00:31:16,869 --> 00:31:25,569:
queen.”
This
4413
00:31:25,569 --> 00:31:26,259:
was “The
4414
00:31:26,259 --> 00:31:31,299:
Dragonslayer’s Quest” by Ryx, read for you by Rhubarb, Feathered
4415
00:31:31,299 --> 00:31:33,099:
Starfarer.
4416
00:31:33,099 --> 00:31:33,190:
You
4417
00:31:33,190 --> 00:31:33,339:
can
4418
00:31:33,339 --> 00:31:33,609:
find
4419
00:31:33,609 --> 00:31:33,910:
more
4420
00:31:33,910 --> 00:31:34,539:
stories
4421
00:31:34,539 --> 00:31:34,690:
on
4422
00:31:34,690 --> 00:31:34,779:
the
4423
00:31:34,779 --> 00:31:35,619:
web at
4424
00:31:35,619 --> 00:31:37,960:
thevoice.dog, or find the
4425
00:31:37,960 --> 00:31:38,170:
show
4426
00:31:38,170 --> 00:31:38,470:
wherever
4427
00:31:38,470 --> 00:31:38,619:
you
4428
00:31:38,619 --> 00:31:38,890:
get
4429
00:31:38,890 --> 00:31:39,220:
your
4430
00:31:39,220 --> 00:31:41,650:
podcasts.
4431
00:31:41,650 --> 00:31:41,920:
Thank
4432
00:31:41,920 --> 00:31:42,039:
you
4433
00:31:42,039 --> 00:31:42,220:
for
4434
00:31:42,220 --> 00:31:42,789:
listening
4435
00:31:42,789 --> 00:31:42,940:
to
4436
00:31:42,940 --> 00:31:43,029:
The
4437
00:31:43,029 --> 00:31:43,299:
Voice
4438
00:31:43,299 --> 00:31:43,390:
of
4439
00:31:43,390 --> 00:31:43,690:
Dog.