"You...made sacrifices for me?" Axael asked, looking confused. "You took me in?" He paused, as though trying to remember if what Triske was saying was true or not. "Well...I guess I don't...I'm sorry." He gave the dragon an earnest smile and shook his head. "But if you raised me and made sacrifices for me, then I would be more then happy to pay you back in any way! If you took me and sheltered me then I could do no less!"