Da'raki shook his head and sighed.<span style="color: #ff4d4d">"I could have sat outside the ziggurat and waited if you wanted to walk around some more. I'm sure the guard would let you back in and I can go to the village myself. I don't want to be more of an inconvenience to you than I already am. I've got my blades back so I can defend myself if anything goes wrong out there. I may not be able to kill the Animus but I can probably escape it if I need to."</span><br/><br/>"Helping you, loving you, and being around you is helping me. We'll get better together."<br/><br/>The dragon landed on the beach and sat down looking out over the water. Sand and water swirled around the skeletal dragon and gave it a vaguely flesh-like appearance. She looked down at Ashia when the dragonling approached her.<span style="color: #4da6ff"> "It's not... the same as living but... this warmth is still... comforting. I will never... forget that... life. Living. What are... you, small Dragon?"</span><div class="messageTextEndMarker"> </div>