*Grandus sat there nursing his side but eagerly settling into a bowl of meat stuffed dumplings with extra sesame sauce, the stout red wyrm packed down enough meat to make his belly round out, but he had nothing on even the cat sized grass hanaryuu, whom could swallow twice their size in a single gulp, and hold twelve times their size in their belly*, "Yeah your tail might rush to your defence...but ask yourself this, have you tested yourself yet? Your a fresh goddess Arcen, thats no small deal, do you know what Sakura did when she hatched?...on second thought, thats not my story to tell, you should ask her yourself sometime." *Grandus took another dumpling in his maw but continued speaking once he'd worked it down his neck.* "My point is, treat these soldiers like their made of glass, its one thing to break some bones...but you could probably throw someone into another providence if you hit them the wrong way...I reccomend using a grappling aproach, just catch em and give them a little squeeze back, mkay?"<br/><br/>*There was something different about Grandus, he treated Arcen no differently than he did when she first arived, while everyone else sort of recoiled around her, full of fear and respect for her strength, and admiration for her form...but Grandus was completely neutral to her charms and powers. Perhapse due to bonding through battle, perhapse he was just used to being around gods, or perhapse he was hiding something. The red dragon sat back and placed a claw over his belly*, "Hooo...you Hanaryuu can really cook, never left a hanas table hungry thats for sure", *after a moments pause his body seeming to shrink back in relaxation, Grandus looked up at Arcen with a big satisfied smile*, "Shes eventually gonna teach you how to cook hana style you know...I hear the training is absolutely grueling"<br/><br/><br/>-=-=-=-=-<br/>*Uleron was gazing over the tree line, examining the shadows just beyond the mighty wooden pillars when Kuja spoke up, making his left ear twitch as he whipped his head around, deer in headlights style and answering his questions with a deep sigh*, "I have full confidance in our healers, after all we have madam Sakura, one of the best healers in all the world, but you hit the nail on the head with the first one, everyone other than Grandus is afraid of getting impaled...its a waste of oppertunity if you ask me", *Uleron loosed another sigh before turning to Kuja*, "so, are you here to cure my boredom? Or would you rather simply talk?"