Emily let Frank speak but judging her expression he seemed to have struck a nerve.<span style="color: #4dffff">"We're not as different from animals as you believe, Ashia talks as if dragons are some... Higher life form. Yes, some of us can talk to mortals but most can't. We are creatures ruled by impulse and instinct."</span><span style="color: #404040">"What she means is male dragons typically rape weaker females to spread their offspring, kill any children the female may already have, then move on." </span><span style="color: #4dffff">"Yes, as she so bluntly put it. I've gotten along with Nail for the last ten years, it's one thing for her to hurt me, it's another to hurt an innocent. Well if she harms you again I'll give you her horns so you can test those myths." </span><span style="color: #404040">"Do you want to have sex with him that badly?</span>" Emily turned and glared at Nail who jumped to her feet with her hands up.<span style="color: #404040"> "It was a joke, just a joke!" </span><span style="color: #4dffff">"Make another joke like that again and I will splatter you across these falls and feed your entrails to your daughter."</span>Nail nodded quickly and shuffled towards the exit.<div class="messageTextEndMarker"> </div>