Sleeping Dragon history is a vat of honey

his father's voice startles ezra out of the trancelike reverie he'd sunk himself into. he starts, whipping his head 'round so that his gaze rests upon his father and at his shoulder, his brother. for a moment sheepishness settles into ezra's facial expression, only to melt the moment he realizes he isn't being chided for not paying attention to anything beyond the goats ...

instead, he is being called in hushed tones to leave the sun clan.

and because it was not really home and his desire to stay close to anselm and gideon — the only family he had left now — he offers a solemn but sage nod of understanding.

vill they follow us? asks ezra in equally hushed tones, wondering if their disappearance would be consequential enough to matter.