Clara quelled her embarassment for walking the wrong way but shrugged off his hand when he touched her. When he callede her princess she had aimed for his face, "Don't call me that either. If you must call me anything call me Hope." She wouldn't let him be so familiar as call her Clairissa or worse, Clara. She reminded herself no matter how human he portraied himself he was still a dragon. Still her sworn enemy even though he did look really good from behind..... She had not just thought that! when he turned around she acutually started paying attention to his words and made herself look bored instead of totally spaced out and oggling his backside like a teenager. She was a Captain of the Grand Army dammit and she better start acting like it, "If I do that, prepare to fight." She nodded slightly to continue her charade that she had listened to everything he had just said. When he had done a familiar hand motion she kew the topic of the conversation and she knew all the motions. Had he forgotten that she was a general and gone through combat training?<br/><br/>She sighed inwardly as he came ccloser to her and tensed when he reached in his pocket, but relaxed some when she saw him only pull out a trinkit, "Use this, it will help you see in the dark with out the use of your sword. That way we don't announce our place to everything down here." She looked it over curiously and could feel the flow of its magic. It wasn't malevolent in origin so she did not think it would harm her. So she put a little trust in the dragon and put it on around her neck. Almost instantly she felt a sharp pain behind her eyes but soon she was able to see as far n the dark as she would outside in the light. She was pleased with this little thing and did not plan to give it back and made her sword go out.<br/><br/>She tucked it in under her armor so that it rested between her breasts and out of her was in case she got into a battle. Which was why she always wore her hair back so that it was harder for an opponent to grab. These magic creatures almost always played dirty which even the dragon had shown to be true in both of their fights. He had used illusions the first time and the second he had fought her as a massive dragon. The reminder of him shaking her strengthened her resolve when it ccame to him being the enemy. As nice as he appeared he was still a monster that she would ultimatly destroy. Along with the rest of his kind....<br/><br/>With that heavy decition set into place she became entirely more serious and decided to speak with him only when it was necessary. She did however allow him to take point as they began their treck through these underground caverns. If he wanted to be the first to get attacked or eaten, by all means, he could go first. She did not however sheath her sword since she wanted to be ready in case of an attack. These caverns were earily quiet and had a feeling of forlorness that she hadn't noticed when she had first fallen in here. Now that she could see more clearly she was able to see the strangeness and uniformity of the walls and floors. They seemed very neat and even for a natural cave.......