Jai paused.  "Burn?" he mused.  Judging from the size of the thing he saw in the trees... "You're a dragon, hm?"  He stared forward.  "My name is Jai... I mean you no harm.  Who's with you?"  He swayed on his heels, hearing the muffled sobs.  His wings beat lightly behind him as he waited for a reply.<br/><br/>...<br/><br/>Jitoru opened her eyes blearily, the new environment bright and dazzling, painful to her sight.  She closed them again.  How she was alive she had no idea, and as her hands found her swollen belly she remembered what the dragon had whispered to her.  She moaned in an attempt to sit up, looking around cautiously to see if anyone was there.  "God..." she muttered, putting her head in her hands and letting a few tears fall down her cheeks.  "What's happening to me...