10-12: Lilith’s Dragon Lessons

"Lilith, you probably have the most experience when it comes to Dragons. Can you tell us what you know?" Sable requested.

"Of course. After I awoke, I thought they were extinct, but clearly not, hence why I said they should be in hiding. Not to mention, that there are Dragon subraces running around. So, where do I start?" Lilith began. "Dragons have two forms, their natural, big and imposing forms that we are expecting to see, and a humanoid form they typically use for formal events. They also change color as they age and grow stronger. Ah, have your men said anything about it's color?" Lilith asked before continuing.

"No, they haven't. But now that we know that the color is important..."

"The Dragon could be a much larger issue than we surmised." Veronica spoke.

"Hm. If we're lucky, the Dragon should still be honorable and willing to speak with us. Though, if we can't, it'll be a tough battle..."

"Anything specific we should watch out for?"

"Honesty. Dragons have this raging, vehement hatred against liars, thieves and backstabbers. They can even sense lies. If we can converse with it, we need to speak nothing but the truth."

"That shouldn't be too bad. It's not like any of us here have done anything wrong like that." Cassidy said, fidgeting with her thumbs.

"Or so you'd think. They won't just walk away or dismiss you. They'll kill you where you stand. That's how much they hate dishonesty."

"I see. So we'll need to be very careful with our words, and what we're asked. What about it's movement cycle? You said that this shouldn't be happening."

"Right. Dragons typically stayed in their kingdom. They never grew their own food, so they hunted what they needed from other territories, like the Hakano kingdom. It was once every... ten or so years between hunts, and only a handful of cattle."

"That doesn't sound like enough to feed a kingdom of Dragons." Aviris stated, wondering how it all works.

"Dragons consume a lot of food, but they have ways of storing food much longer than the rest of us, and they don't need to eat nearly as often. One hunt may not be able to feed more than one adolescent Dragon, but when you don't need to eat for a few hundred years..."

"It adds up, having a lot of food without harming other nations food supply. So then, why is this one going back and forth?"

"I don't know. Well, maybe. They only possibility is that it's looking for something, or someone. That's a question we'll have to ask it, if we can ask it."

"So,to break it down, we'll probably end up dead as we'll get in the way of it doing something it deems important." Seraph muttered.

"That's certainly a macabre way to put it, but yes. I'll only be able to tell you more when we see it."

"What about color? While we don't have a known color of it, it would be helpful to know what to look out for."

"The black scaled ones are the youngest. Blue ones, you should watch out for. If it's gold, just run. There's tens of other colors, but we should be fine if we stay far enough away."

"Interesting. I wonder if I could take it into the dreamscape. The kits are living in the manor now, so it would be a perfect way to keep it contained for the time being." Kazue wondered.

"Assuming you can get close, and assuming it can even work on a Dragon." Eleanora retorted.

"Anyway, that's all I can say for now. Since we facing a lot of unknowns here, I'd suggest everyone should get some shuteye. The earlier we can solve this, the better." Lilith advised.

"Agreed." The girls said in unison.

"I wonder if a Dragon would count to the stats..." Veronica thought out-loud, though she quickly shook her head, dismissing her of such asinine thoughts.