| "Don't worry. All will soon become clear," Andrea says.
Cederick "Just don't be surprised when my friend's tame dragon arrives," Andrea says, gesturing over to Synizn. This she manages before the magical collar, already smoldering, making this communication possible finally gives up the ghost and bursts into flame. As several of the mages shout and beat the flames out, I blink and look down at the small demifox vixen mage who made that impromptu family reunion possible. "Where is Thunderclap?" I ask her, "More importantly....since when did a human being....a dragon as a familiar?!" "As for the second question....he's that good of mage," the demifox magic user says, smiling a slight smile, "As for the first one...that's a very good question!" "The person who'd know best about that land would be a man named Stephen King," the odd one known as Jarlath says in a joking voice, "Even better than Roland, I bet!" The others of her group laugh a bit at that one, leaving me with the question of who these two new names they've thrown out. Questions for later. Won't do to antagonize my new friends by being overly nosy. All in good time. "You know....." Jarlath says, suddenly with a thoughtful look as he pulls out an odd object, "Might not need the information, but still....best not leave a rock like that unturned!" Moments later, in a land that would have been known as Ethiopia on Nantucket Earth....
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