Riko rolled her eyes when she heard Lilith lamenting about her skeletons and how nothing belonged to her any more. She thought it sounded more depressing than the dragon. Then Feldspar fell through the ceiling, and she flicked her tails in annoyance.<span class="fixed-color" style="color:rgb(201, 94, 22)">“Did you just set off <i>another</i> trap?”</span>She asked, wondering how it was so difficult to detect them, or at least remember where they were. She was also amused by the appearance of the apple on the stone sword, but she kept her amusement hidden this time.<br/><br/>She fully intended to get up as the dragon demanded, but then the human scratched her ears, causing her to melt where she sat. No other human besides Daniel had ever dared to touch her in that manner. She didn’t know the if the boy was bold or arrogant or stupid, or perhaps a combination of the three. She also didn’t want to push Aira too far in light of the possibility that the dragon could regain her powers before she did. She had no desire to be dragon meat.<br/><br/>The man had a valid point, and his question was one that she didn’t want to answer. She had been feeling weak and pathetic, thinking that she had been stronger as an ordinary, semi-wild tiger with no demonic powers at all. She had no intention of playing the part of the damsel in distress for this cocky (albeit seemingly kind and gentle) young man.<br/><br/>She remained sitting where she was, trying not to appear to enjoy the scratching, and attempted to answer his question.<span class="fixed-color" style="color:rgb(201, 94, 22)">“I can’t speak for the others, but I’ve had every intention of defeating him,”</span>she said in a bitter and defiant tone,<span class="fixed-color" style="color:rgb(201, 94, 22)">“It’s just a matter of finding the way out of this prison. Balthoros trapped us down here because he fears us.”</span>She knew that wasn’t the truth, but she thought it sounded good.<span class="fixed-color" style="color:rgb(201, 94, 22)">“Just wait ‘til you see my beast form at full power. I might just pick <i>you</i> up and carry you out of here myself.”</span>It was a half-truth. Her tiger form at full strength could easily carry not just him, but the entire group including the heavy, stone golem. But she wasn’t sure if she could actually recover her full power. She concluded with a warning, seeing that Aira was handling her silver blade and was likely considering using it.<span class="fixed-color" style="color:rgb(201, 94, 22)">“Don’t provoke the dragon. She may tolerate me, but she might kill you. Let’s just say that the last time I lived on the surface she had the quite the price on her head.”</span>She thought of excusing herself to retrieve her clothes, but she stayed where she was. If a fight were to break out, she wanted to be able to act quickly, not to mention she had just gotten her ears scratched.