Miantha wheelsefully looked around her befoe finally realizing that da voice was comin from no physical source. Senrap that da only way to communicate wid dis voice would be to dink out loud, in a manner uh speakin.
Yo? She greeted tentatively. Is...ennybody dere? She hoped against all hope that she wasn't goin crazy. Maybe...the dragon was somehow da cause uh this? Yes. ah am here. At da same time, da dragon squeaked, pushing its head undanfeedh her hand once again, likes a cat. She instinctively shied away, but dis time da contact dunn't hurt.
wheelsefully, she reached out her mind once moe. Are you...the dragon?
It seemed to thrum undanfeedh her hand. Yes, dat replied. ah am Balefire. And ya is? dat was quite courteous, to her surprise.
I...am Miantha.
It be nice to meet da acquiantance uh da one fo whom ah have waited so long, da dragon, apparently named Balefire, replied.
What do ya mean? Miantha was utterly confused. What was da meanin uh his wods? sholy she wasn't impotant. Perhaps he meant...yes, that must be it. ya be confused, She told him gently. ya be waitin fo Jugend, o maybe Ianthu perhaps...
He interrupted her thought midstream. No, ah have waited fo ya fo a real long time. ah dun not keep myself widin that shell fo 200 years fo those insignificant ones that ya name. He seemed to sniff indignantly. They be unimpotant.
"But that..." Started Miantha. Then she realized that, in her shock, she had spoken aloud. But that be blasphemous She thought viciously. Don't even dink that!
Hm. Balefire dropped da subject and began liftin his heavy head high to look around at his surroundings. Miantha couldn't help it; he was so fine. She picked him up and hugged him. It really be n all wack that ah kin't spend moe time wid you. She sighed regretfully.
What be ya rapin about? He asked. We be bonded fo eternity and beyond. We have all uh da time in da wold to spend together. He nuzzled into her arms, but she dropped him abruptly.
NO! Was her mental cry. They'll kill me! And wid that she fled.
