Aelaez was startled by the sudden appearance of the dragoness. He knew instantly upon looking at her and seeing her aura that she was indeed a dragoness. So she was at least partially like him. This measured him greatly. He struggled to rise to his feet feeling rather disturbed at being on the ground while she towered over him. He managed to half rise into a kneeling position before he shivered from exhaustion.<span style="font-style: italic">Damn, I need to sleep to get my strength back,</span>He thought to himself and was almost startled into falling over by Kaersah’s voice in his mind.<br/><br/><span style="color: #FF80BF">”We got a bigger problem then sleep Aelaez. The Ward Keeps are failing, the pathways between the planes are beginning to dwindle. You don’t have much time. A few days at best, maybe a week, before it’s too late,”</span>Kaersah said in irritation inside Aelaez’s mind. Causing Aelaez to draw in a breath quickly. His eyes grew wide.<br/><br/>He shook his head trying to dispel the dark and forbidding thoughts that came with the words Kaersah spoke. He blinked a couple of times at the dragoness as she spoke. His mind was slowly beginning to make sense of everything that had taken place, but it was still fuzzy and uncertain. Blurred even. He pressed one hand to his forehead as he listened to her words, rubbing the faint tattoo that glowed just beneath his skin a bright silver.<br/><br/>He drew in a ragged breath and spoke softly, his voice taking on the melodic note it always did whenever he spoke in his human form. Soft and sensual. Barely above a whisper.<span style="color: #BFFF80">“I am Aelaez, dragonborn Guardian of Avalon,”</span>he said and took another deep breath to continue,<span style="color: #BFFF80">“I came here to rescue the dragon egg and prevent the destruction of the planes by the sorceress who’s name I shall not speak as I do not wish to draw her gaze here. However, I was too late. The spell is already destroying the planes and is trapping me here.”</span>he finished his words rather dull and tired.