An Unforeseen Problem

We have already used the device that the mage gave us, [73753] to determine that the dragoness is currently away from her lair, presumably hunting for food. For it would have been foolish to take out her minions and risk having her discover that we had done so before we could get at the little ones.

Now we approach the inner lair, hoping that she will be away long enough for us to take the infants and get a good distance away before she discovers that they are gone. As we enter, we spot the dragonets, in a large nest on the floor. They are sleeping, but as we approach some sixth sense wakes them, and they begin to cry for their mother, who - thankfully - is miles away.

Now the problem is to give them the sedative without either them or us getting hurt in the process. This is made considerably harder when we discover that they can already breath fire. Fortunately we are well out of range when they start doing so. The amount of flame is naturally small compared to an adult, but enough to cause nasty burns. We hadn't expected them to be able to breath fire so young, but reliable information about the capabilities of baby dragons is understandably scarce.

1. We keep out of range while we discuss how to proceed.

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