Velus Plays Peacemaker

"You dare to argue with me?" the wizard said, going slightly red in the face.

Velus decided that he had better intervene before things got out of hand. He didn't want the ill-tempered wizard to turn Fred into an earthworm or something. "I suppose it's possible that she was acting a part, pretending to play the dragon's victim."

"I don't believe it," Fred said. "Nobody could act that well. Besides, what would be the point?"

"To entice me down here," Nomino the wizard said. "From what you told me, she asked for me by name. It all makes sense now. The dragon thinks that he has the chance to put an end to me, one of the few capable of opposing him...

1. "So I'm off. Bye!" With that he turned and ran.
2. "So I'm off. Bye!" With that he cast a teleportation spell and vanished, presumably back to his home.
3. "But I'm not afraid of him."
4. The laughter had stopped, and now they heard Astra's voice echoing down the tunnel. "Fools!" she said. "I'm not in league with the dragon. I am the dragon."

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