"I'm certain I can come up with<span style="font-style: italic">something,</span>" Brand insisted. "Every spell has a counterspell. Every enchantment has a way to undo it. Every princess can get herself cut on things she doesn't know how to handle!" he said sharply back at the princess. Yes, he knew<span style="font-style: italic">exactly</span>what she was doing and her intentions for it. "Do you rally think I'd have something that could actually hurt me on causal<span style="font-style: italic">display?</span>"<br/><br/>He turned back to the girl.<br/><br/>"I'm certain that I can," he said. "But it's going to take work. It might take some poking and prodding too. And time. But it can be done.<br/><br/>"I'm a<span style="font-style: italic">dragon</span>" he said. "Mortals only study magic. Dragons<span style="font-style: italic">are</span>magic."