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After staring at the fire-breathing lizards for several long seconds, her hter "Iseabail?"

She gave a sic, doesn’t it?"

"You want us to check out the sewers?"

"It couldn’t hurt Besides, Éibhear and the others are here for a reason"

"And who told you that?"

"Rhydderch Hael"

"Who’s that?"

"The father god of dragons"

"The father god of dragonstalks to you?"

"Made her his champion," the brown-haired lizard tossed in "Didn’t he, Iz?"

"He did"

"Why?"

"It’s a bit of a long story," Izzy admitted "Just know I really had no choice at the tiods, no No, no, no," she laughed "Never!"

Maskini glanced at Rachel again, but the girl could only shrug

Poor Izzy Being raised a the barbarians in the Dark Plains had ic and precise planning None of this insane guessing and ruods Who had ti to believe hi No He needs so he can’t do hirave;-runach on this Besides, sneak attacks are what they do And they do it well"

"I guess if you’re sure"

"It couldn’t hurt to look, Gran," Rachel suggested "We’ll call in a few of the Guard who are off for the night Put the others on alert By toood idea what’s in those sewers"

Maskini looked over the group, then at Layla Her daughter nodded "It couldn’t hurt, Muht We’ll do it"

"Thank youu hat to call her And Maskini understood The girl had ato think about her family--or kin, as she liked to call theh they weren’t blood, they’d helped raise her, loved her, taught her to care for herself in battle and life They’d done what Maskini and her clan had been unable to do For that alone Maskini would be eternally grateful

"Maskini, child Just call et started tonight and check out--"

"No" The blue-haired dragon shook his head at Izzy

"No, what?"