“It’s true, isn’t it?” He nodded. “Oh, Spike, I knew you had it in you!” Spike suddenly found himself enclosed in a warm embrace from the shorter dragon, who laughed as she squeezed him. He gently returned the gesture. The moment was brief, as within a blink, Ember seemed to have realised what she had done and awkwardly extradited herself from him; crimson tones danced upon azure cheeks as she coughed to clear her throat. “Sorry about that. Don’t know what came over me.”