Dragoncrest Cliffs The Prince And The Dragons

The pale boy—Arrille—speaks first and introduces his companion. Her patience wears thin the moment he explains why he’s here (she doesn’t notice the glance to Furi in particular but she can guess) and her fur bristles around her neck. She opens her mouth to say something and shut the entire thing down but the other speaks up and she forces herself to look at her, ears cupped forward and she snaps her teeth together. Arrille doesn’t offer much except whatever “position” had been offered to him but Seri steps up and offers to make herself useful without the guise of some promised spot in Drageda. She briefly wonders if they’re a pair that won’t separate.

What does surprise her, however, is hearing Blixen speak up and say she’d given him permission to come here. Slowly, she turns her slate grey gaze in her direction and studied her face. She doesn’t sound sure of her words like usual, and Furi is still silent (has she ever heard the girl speak before?), but it isn’t like her daughter to really lie but their recent conversation is still fresh in mind.

Without want for answer, she flatly asks, ”is that so.”

Thuringwethil does not wait for a response from either girl before she turns, unimpressed, back to Arrille. ”You were offered a position that does not exist,” she says after a moment, ”and you haven’t given me anything to reconsider, unlike your friend.” She glances to Seri with a slight nod of indication she can stay if she chooses. She turns to Blixen and Furi a second later, ”show Seri around. I want to speak to Arrille alone.”