Don't get your hopes up, Fred

The Never Ending Quest - Episode 107840

"Whether male or female, I wouldn't get your hopes up, Fred."

"What do you mean?"

Astra realizes that she's going to have to explain the concept of 'Size isn't everything' to an Allarian knight - one who thought getting turned into a dragon was a good idea, no less - and wonders why she bothers sometimes.

"Fred, you obviously believe that skill can beat size, otherwise you would not have come on this quest in the first place. Face it - when it comes to being a dragon, you're second place," she says.

Fred doesn't respond, his long face looking sullen.

"And if the dragon is a she, well, it's actually the female dragon that is larger on average. No matter how you look at it, we must assume that you have the disadvantage if it comes down to a straight dragon versus dragon conflict."

Fred can feel a cloud settling in over his mood. Not a storm cloud either, but rather a grey, overcast, drizzly and entirely lightning-free cloud of parade-cancelling misery. He slithers slowly behind Astra, lost in thought. With his conscious mind preoccupied, his body's reflexes can take over to make moving through the narrowing tunnel a breeze, even when it gets tight enough that Astra is starting to have trouble.

"Hold up," Astra says at last, breaking the silence. "Cave-in. Fred, can you see any way past? There haven't been any turns, so Velus must have found a way..."

  1. The path goes off to the side
  2. The path goes up and over
  3. The obstruction is another illusion
  4. The duo appear to be stuck

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