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"Aithusa does not wish to be without you Merlin."
"I knuf-his!" Merlin pulled the softened wad of fish from his mouth and grimaced at the taste before holding it out to Aithusa. The baby dragon did not hesitate as its small teeth dug into the white paste and the child nearly swallowed the thing whole.
Resisting the urge to lose his stomach, Merlin took another strip into his mouth and began chewing.
"But you're just going to have to get over it, because I can't be here and there at the same time!"
Kilgharrah shook his head in annoyance when an idea came to him, "Or can you."
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