Xion was sitting in the tree leaning against the trunk, so how Gandrian saw that was beyond him and probably screamed to anyone else that Gandrian was probably Bi or Gay.  That didn't bother Xion though, for he himself was straighter than a steel plate.  Besides women had a natural grace adn beauty to them that all males lacked and as a covetous creature, Xion liked beauty for it's own aesthetic value.  The lewd comment sent shivers up the dragon's spine and made him stand up and pace back and forth to get the chills out, displaying an effortless balance that most elves themselves had.  When Gandrian was dry, Xion got out of his tree and joined him as they both headed into the maze. "Being stupid aside, we should try to get along until we can find those damn shards then we can be rid of each other's company for good." He said to the 'leader' in the most civil tongue he could produce despite his constant irritation.  In his mind, it would be better to grudgingly work together toward a goal than to fight the entire way and end up losing something important to those stupid do-gooders.  But when they found the swath of destruction Xion had caused, the dragon would only chortle at the actual damage it's wrought. It made him feel joyous.<br/><br/>"Well well it looks like I may've missed one." he said, walking over to stand beside Gandrian to see the Elven woman's expression of surprise and dismay moments before she died at Gandrian's little hand.  "YOu know, you should've just let her suffer until she bled out. That's all they deserve." Xion said sharply with a growl, he'd had enough of fighting elves in his life to last two more lifetimes.  The only one he'd cared about was Lyra and Corona's mother and she was a long way away from there in a different land all together.  Living as an outcast for her fall-from-grace of being a paladin, a knight to carrying half-dragon children sired by a terrifying tyrant of a beast.  The term "care" was loose though, it simply meant Xion wouldnt' kill her as long as she took care of those two little girls.  "Come on let's get going. Maybe we can find someone that's only mildly charred and wring some answers out of them." he said and continued along the pathway through the devastation.<br/><br/>Within a few moments of exploration, he'd find what he was looking for in another elven woman that was about the same age as the last one, having dodged getting totally incinerated but was still unable to walk due to her legs being badly burned.  "Well well another one." He said and walked over, seeming to offer the woman a hand.  "come on, we'll get you somewhere safe and take care of those wounds." He said to her, the woman hadn't previously heard his other comments due to distance and thus didn't know howh bad a situation she was really in, made plain by the relieved expression she had.<br/><br/>"My thanks. But why are you here? Travelers?" she asked warily as he helped her up giving a shoulder to lean on to take some of the burden off her injured legs.<br/><br/>"You could say that, we're actually looking for something and have a lead that it might be int his area." He said pleasantly.<br/><br/>The woman nodded. "Well we could go to Cam, if it's still there. I'll guide you there if you would be so good as to carry me there, it hurts to walk." she said, Provoking Xion to blatantly piggyback her like she was al ittle girl which made her blush in surprise. "Thanks... it's that way." she pointed toward the city.<br/><br/>Xion cut a momentarily glance back at Gandrian and smirked faintly as a way of saying: there now we have a guide and lead to where it could possibly be.