I just realized I completely forgot about Dale… he really hasn't really done, much of anything after like book 2, sorry, he still was here all along.
Reprimanded
After looking at Seth just for another moment, the satyr began to read.
Kendra watched as fairies fluttered around Tess, sometimes alighting on
her head, shoulders, and arms. To her younger cousin, the tiny winged
women looked like common hummingbirds, butterflies, and dragonflies. But
Tess seemed elated nonetheless.
"They think I'm a real fairy!" Tess said in an excited whisper. "Look how
the butterflies follow me! This never happened to me before."
"She really does worship us," said a lithe, golden fairy.
"Isn't it adorable how she tries to look like us," a scarlet fairy chimed in.
"Pathetic and insulting," accused a white, furry fairy. "She puts on a set of
dumpy cosmetic wings and fancies herself one of our sisters."
"Weird, I thought that imitation was the highest form of flattery?" Vanessa commented to that.
Bracken shrugged "That is true, but for many others, they believe they're unique and special, so they're not too into mimicry."
"Hopeless and flattering," giggled a fairy with dragonfly wings. "She
aspires to heights she could never climb."
Several other fairies tittered.
Kendra folded her arms and held back comments. She didn't want to
disturb Tess's happy mood with responses that might hint at what the fairies
were saying about her. She also didn't want to look like she was scolding
hummingbirds.
"Would anyone on this room actually be surprised if one day Kendra just got the ability to speak bird?" Seth said.
"Well I would be, not a whole lot of relation between fairies and birds." Bracken replied.
"You can speak a lot of languages too." Kendra reminded Seth.
"I know, but you seem more fit for speaking to pigeons."
"I can almost hear them laughing," Tess said with a smile, raising a fairy
on her finger to her nose. Judging by the wings, Kendra assumed the tiny
woman looked like a butterfly.
The fairy kissed the tip of Tess's nose. "You're a cutie," the fairy said,
then dove from her finger in a gliding swoop.
Tess blinked. "Did you hear that? I felt like I heard her talking."
Doren stopped and looked at the others, who were looking in surprise at the book.
"What the-? How… How did Tess hear that? Can't just be her imagination that one time, it was perfect timing!" Seth says in confusion.
"Is there something special going on with the little girl?" Dale wondered.
"Tess has always been filled with imagination and an open mind, but to basically get a peak through the magic…" Hank crossed his arms at this.
"Bracken, do you have an explanation?" Grandpa Stan asked.
The unicorn thought for a second, approaching Doren to reread those last lines.
"Hm… Kendra, you remember what caused your unique status?" He suddenly asked.
"Well of course, the fairies… they…" Her eyes widened in realization.
Seth smooched the air a second. "Could a little kiss from a small fairy really give a sneak peek?"
"Might've been a rather powerful small fairy." Dale suggested.
"I guess we'll see better within the next sentences." Bracken responded curious.
Several of the fairies scattered. Those that remained hovered at a greater
distance.
"She couldn't have heard us," the golden fairy said.
"She hasn't had any milk," the scarlet fairy added.
Tess looked around at the fairies. "They seem startled. Did I scare them?"
"It's hard to guess what butterflies are thinking," Kendra hedged.
Tess squinted at them. "I don't think they're normal butterflies."
"Squinted, she… actually might have gotten a glimpse of their true forms?" Raxtus was the first to ask.
"It appears to be so. such an incredibly open mind, truly willing to believe in magic, even a short kiss gives a greater effect than average?" Bracken was impressed, by his expression, it was clear he wanted to meet young Tess at some point.
"Who would have thought? She might truly find out so fast." Stan had a smile from hearing this.
Part of Kendra wanted to tell her little cousin to follow her instincts. She
was perceptive! But Kendra knew it wasn't her place to reveal the big secret
of Fablehaven. "Maybe they just—"
Seth came dashing out of the woods, face red and sweaty, eyes wide with
alarm. He glanced back over one shoulder before collapsing onto the grass.
From the forest came huffing gasps and the splintery crack of branches
snapping. Something big was crashing toward the yard.
"What did you do?" Kendra called. Her brother hadn't appeared this
flustered in a long time.
"Nothing," Seth said, getting back on his feet, still breathing hard. He
wiped sweat from his eyes. "Just having a race."
"Before anyone says anything, that is not a lie, running away from an ogre and try to reach the house first is… a Race." Seth quickly pointed out.
"Technicalities are not helping you out, also I don't recall you asking the ogre if he'll compete." Kendra replied now.
A massive ogre erupted from the trees and charged onto the lawn, fierce
eyes intent on her brother. Tess shrieked. Kendra stared in shock. The
founding treaty of Fablehaven prevented creatures like ogres from entering
the yard uninvited. How was this happening?
"Oh, no!" Seth cried, darting toward the house. "This isn't fair!"
"Wait wait wait… Wait, one thing is leaving their territory, but creatures can reach the yard if I do that!?" Seth exclaimed, as surprised as his future self.
"I think we'll need to have you read all the rules and specifics of the magic here, maybe that'll consider you do less dangerous expeditions." Ruth said shaking her head.
"Or he'll then work around the rules for maximum proficiency." Raxtus added.
It shortly became apparent that Seth would not make it. The ogre was
closing too quickly. The bloodthirsty brute would overtake her brother
within ten steps or so.
Then another giant figure emerged from the woods on the other side of the
yard, rocky limbs flailing.
"Hugo!" cried Seth.
Roaring like a landslide, the golem loped across the yard with long,
bounding strides, racing to cut off the ogre before he flattened Seth.
Present Seth sighed highly relieved "Hugo is such a MVP when he's present."
"What does that mean?" Bracken asked.
"Most Valuable Player, it's more of a videogame term." Seth explains quickly, assuming others don't know the term either, and was eager to keep listening.
The ogre turned to confront the new challenge just before Hugo sprang at
him. Though the ogre was taller than the golem, Hugo was broader through
the shoulders, with bigger hands and feet. Plus Hugo was mostly made of
stone.
A rocky fist bashed the ogre, knocking him through a neatly trimmed bush.
The ogre rolled to his feet and started grappling with the golem. Muscles
bulging, the ogre grimaced and snarled as Hugo wrenched him from one
position to another.
Before long, the golem had the ogre on his knees, one huge hand clutching
the brute's brawny neck, the other poised to punch his face. Hugo stared
down at the ogre with empty eye sockets. "Yield," the golem said in a voice
that reminded Kendra of boulders grating against one another.
"No," the ogre spat, face contorted with anger. "I will have my prey."
Hugo slapped his free hand down on the ogre's head and began to squeeze.
The ogre groaned and tried to struggle, but Hugo just tipped him off balance
and kept tightening his grip.
"I yield," the ogre conceded with a grunt.
"Can we give something nice to Hugo for all his future acts too?" Seth suddenly requested, super thankful of the golem.
"Ah, so we cannot punish or get too mad at someone for what they'll do, but we can reward them? Is that so?" Warren said.
"I mean, if somebody did an incredibly heroic act, which could not happen now that we know more… it'd be only fair, no?" Seth answered.
"I don't think that's how it works." Kendra now said.
"Well, no party for you if you slay another super powerful creature again." Seth told her.
"Fine by me, I don't want cake for every great thing I'll do." She said shrugging.
Hugo stood him up and shoved him toward the woods. "Go."
As the ogre trudged away, Kendra noticed an arrow jutting from his
bloody calf. The ogre left the yard without looking back.
"What is that?" Tess asked in a small voice, her eyes on Hugo.
Kendra had almost forgotten her young cousin in the excitement. "What do
you see?
"Oh, and now there's a quite epic image of Hugo beating up the ogre, cool." The satyr commented, showing it for a moment before proceeding.
Tess swallowed hard. "It looks like a little tornado filled with dirt. But it
went right after the bear. And now it's over by Seth."
"Sorry," Hugo said to Seth. "Late. Came when heard trouble."
"It's not your fault, Hugo," Seth said.
"I have strong suspicions about where the fault lies!" came the voice of
Grandpa Sorenson as he hustled across the yard from the house. "Seth
Sorenson, what was an ogre doing in the yard?"
"Ogre?" Tess asked.
"Grandpa calls bears ogres," Kendra explained loudly.
"Thank you Kendra." Grandpa smiled at her, with the heat of the moment, his future self really could have just accidentally revealed everything like that to the kids.
"You're welcome grandpa." Kendra smiled back.
"Yes, a bear," Grandpa said. "What have you been up to, young man?"
"Knox is fine," Seth said.
"You involved your cousin?" Grandpa asked, his face turning a shade
redder.
"I protected him," Seth assured him.
"Why did he need protecting?" Grandpa asked through gritted teeth.
Seth hesitated. "I had this really good idea."
"Enough," Grandpa said, glancing at Tess. "We'll continue this in my
office." He started to lead Seth away.
"Is Knox okay?" Tess asked.
"He's fine," Seth said. "I bet he thinks Fablehaven is a little less boring
now."
"Did he call it boring?" Grandpa asked, his angry tone thawing a little.
"Aha! So it is okay if it's done for interest on Fablehaven?" Seth quickly commented.
"No, first, you'll do that for the treasure and not to open his mind to the preserve, and second, you still risked his life in a foolish manner." Stan replied, deflating Seth.
"What about the whirlwind?" Tess asked Kendra, staring at Hugo.
The golem noticed the attention and started to tiptoe away.
"I'm sure it'll blow someplace else soon," Kendra said.
Tess squinted at it. "It went right for the bear and scared it away. Could it
be a bunch of fairies? No. It looks too dusty. Nothing sparkles."
"We sometimes get strange winds here," Kendra said. "It was probably
just good luck. Let's go over by the fountain. It usually attracts lots of
butterflies."
"This could have ended badly in so many aspects." Vanessa shook her head, these kids have so much luck.
Kendra caught up with Seth in the upstairs hall. His head was down and he
kept banging his fist against the side of his leg. He was heading toward the
attic playroom.
"How'd it go with Grandpa?" Kendra asked, approaching her brother.
"What do you think? I'm Grandchild of the Year again. He gave me a
medal."
"Which you would probably sell if it was an actual, shiny medal." Kendra stated, Seth decided to not answer that.
"A medal of shame?"
He gave a token chuckle. "Pretty much."
"How was the ogre able to come into the yard?"
"I was trying to get some treasure back."
"You stole from an ogre? You know better than that!"
"The treasure wasn't the problem," Seth said. "We only took items the
satyrs knew the ogres had stolen. They have no claim if we grab stolen
property."
"What went wrong?"
"A few weeks ago, while making our escape, we dropped the treasure
near the edge of the ogres' domain. We knew the ogres were watching it, so I
sent Knox in to get it."
Kendra gasped. "That's what you meant in the yard? About Knox being
fine? Where is he? Is he really all right?"
"Haven't you read the previous chapter? He's fine." Seth now said in response to the book.
"Thank you Seth, book Kendra heard you clearly." Not Book Kendra rolled her eyes.
"He's back," Seth said. "Just kind of shaken up. The satyrs led him home."
"You introduced him to Newel and Doren? Grandma told me not to let
them in on the secrets of Fablehaven. They have to learn for themselves."
"Calm down. To Knox, the satyrs just seem like really smart goats.
Grandma brought Knox into the den while I was talking to Grandpa. Knox
thinks he survived a bear attack."
Kendra shook her head. "You could have gotten him killed."
"I was the one in danger," Seth said. "I thought I was home free when I
reached the yard. Thank goodness for Hugo."
"I'm more worried about our cousin."
"Knox doesn't have a clue what's going on here," Seth said. "I knew the
treaty would protect him. The ogre couldn't touch him."
"The treaty is complicated, Seth. Sometimes innocent people can get
attacked for trespassing."
"I brought Newel and Doren, just in case."
"How would they have stopped a rampaging ogre?"
"We always think of something."
"Well, you always think of ways to get you and others into trouble, that's for sure." Stan said in a disappointed tone.
"But other times I think of something that saves the day too." His grandson replied.
"Probably a 70-30 based on what I've heard of your adventures, and the few things I saw in your mind." Bracken said.
"The 70 represents the times I do great acts, right?" Seth said hopeful, but the unicorn just smiled.
"Clearly it was a flawless plan. Good thing nothing went wrong—like an
ogre in our yard! You practically scared Tess to death."
"It couldn't have hurt anybody," Seth said. "The ogre could only cross
boundaries to come after me."
"Why?"
"Grandpa explained," Seth said. "Since I sent an innocent person
someplace I couldn't safely go, the treaty makes me the guilty one. The ogre
was free to chase me anywhere inside of Fablehaven unless he yielded the
right."
"In case what Calvin said was not enough, so listen to that again." Ruth now said.
"Yes, yes, I've got it, gee." Seth scratched his head.
"Even into the yard."
"Obviously."
"Hugo made him yield," Kendra said.
"So now I'm off the hook," Seth said. "I should have brought Hugo in the
first place."
"But you were afraid he might tell Grandpa," Kendra said.
"It crossed my mind. He's not great with secrets."
"What's the punishment?" Kendra asked.
Seth lowered his eyes. "Grandpa took away my adventuring rights. I can't
leave the yard without an adult human escort."
"How many times we've gone through this dance? I get grounded, can't have fun, I do something worthy of admiration, and it's all good again." Seth sighed sadly.
"Okay, I'll admit that most likely this won't last through the 5 books, but you have to understand Seth that I can't just leave you without any punishment for your actions, and that type would be the most effective with you. If you think better about your actions before commiting to them then you wouldn't get grounded and you'd get more freedom." Stan admitted and explained.
Seth just kept his head low, he knew his future self would get out of this, he always does, but it stings to see this will keep happening, Kendra patted his shoulder.
"Granda is right, he already gave you permission to go into more areas of Fablehaven, no bad deed goes unpunished, but a good dead would be rewarded too." She tried to somehow convince her brother.
Seth just didn't answer, seeing they won't get much out of him right now, the satys continues.
Kendra knew that would sting. After they had all returned from the battle
of Zzyzx, Grandpa Sorenson had granted Seth limited permission to roam
certain parts of Fablehaven with the satyrs or Hugo. It was his favorite
pastime.
"I'm sorry, Seth," Kendra said. "What was so special about the treasure?"
"Just treasure. Gold and jewels."
"You risked your cousin for some gold?"
"I didn't risk him. I was right that he was safe. I risked myself."
"Why risk anybody?"
Seth tossed up his hands. "If you have to ask, how am I supposed to
explain? Because it's treasure, and I figured out a way to get it! What's the
point of exploring if you never do anything cool?"
"Except now you can't explore anymore."
"Which is better? Getting grounded from exploring? Or being able to
explore but never doing it?"
"I go all over Fablehaven," Kendra pointed out.
"Do you find treasure?"
"This whole place is a treasure."
"I mean actual treasure," Seth said.
"To me, the fairies are much more of a treasure than gold or jewels. And
the brownies. And Hugo. Even the satyrs."
"Kendra, I feel honored that you consider us treasure, but that is a bit of a lame answer." Newel said.
"Yeah, could the fairies get you a big TV?" Doren added
"Or a mansion." That was Newel.
"To be honest, thanks to Bracken, she'll probably get to live in a nice pretty castle in the Fairy Realm." Seth mentioned with a smirk as Kendra had a big blush and Bracken looked a bit awkward.
"True, but can you watch TV in the Fairy Realm?" Newel replied, though partly curious if that would be possible, Bracken raised his hands.
"Don't think we could get signal, at most we could theoretically get our own channels within the realm." The unicorn replied.
"I'd be curious to see what the fairies and astrids would do for their own series and movies." The dragon said with a chuckle.
"Nearly everything would most likely be akin to National Geographic and supermodel shows." Vanessa guessed with a smirk, which made Bracken grunt a bit since what the Blix said sounds about right, as he signals the satyr to continue.
Seth shook his head. "I like all of that too. But what about liking those
things and also finding gold?"
"Why do I need gold?"
"TV, games, popularity, pretty clothes and accessories, 5 stars food, concerts, tickets to wherever you want, could probably ask someone to turn some into a pretty golden sword…" Doren began to count the many uses of gold as Kendra rolled her eyes.
"Unless you can point me to the Fablehaven General Store, I don't think you two would get a lot of use out of it." Kendra interrupted.
"Okay, that is true, we'd need to be outside to make the most out of it, but you could still get some favors or trade some goods with gold here." Newel admitted.
Seth rolled his eyes. "Are you kidding? Have you heard that it's
valuable?"
"Our family has plenty of money," Kendra said. "Why would I stir up
trouble with the ogres for a little extra gold? Why would I endanger people
for it?"
Seth closed his eyes and pounded a fist against his forehead. "Most fun
things are risky! You can get hurt playing sports. You can get hurt climbing a
mountain. But it's challenging and exciting. People do those kinds of things
without getting gold. The gold is a bonus."
"You like running from ogres? You like endangering your cousin?"
"I like exploring. Stuff happens. Sometimes you have to improvise."
Kendra shook her head. "I give up. You're never going to change. You
should be banned from Fablehaven."
Seth folded his arms in a huff. "Then Coulter should have been banned. He
was a professional relics collector. He spent a lot of time exploring. Patton
too. Maddox. These preserves need people like me. You killed the Demon
King. Good for you. But who brought the sword?"
Kendra almost asked Seth who got Coulter killed.
The satyr tried to continue then stopped, stumbling the words a bit as he winced and glanced at Kendra.
Seth pressed so much against his seat that it almost looked like he tried to meld with it.
"I… it does not seem like I actually say that." Kendra said slowly, feeling quite awful now, reading all the thoughts of someone, it was bound to hurt another but, this was a really low blow.
"It is not your fault, these books really got into detail of the thoughts of whoever's point of view we get." Tanu said to her.
Stan tapped Seth's shoulder "Seth…?"
The kid slowly stood up, still looking down "Hm, I ate a lot for breakfast, bathroom…" He muttered as he went upstairs, the talking with demons and mentions of Coulter are really taking a toil on him.
"It wouldn't make sense to continue without him, we could have a short break until he comes back." Gloria proposed and others nodded.
Kendra remained still on her chair, her and Seth always argue a lot, but not often does the words of either of them end with the other feeling hurt so much, this time her very thoughts did this to Seth.
Bracken brought an arm around her. "Thoughts and the mind, we can't truly control them, and even less you can control what's written on a book like this, we did not really ask any of you about this, despite how intrusive it is."
"And… we should Seth this too but, you should need to mentally brace yourselves for more, we have no idea about this future and what either of you might end doing, there will be most likely be a lot more thoughts and words that could hurt, always knowing what someone thinks of you is painful, but if there's so many books…" Raxtus now said.
Others nodded at that slowly, the future could really be painful, they must try to take it all in and keep going.
Seth eventually come back down, silent, Raxtus repeated what he said before and Seth gave a slow nod after a moment.
Before the satyr continues, Kendra looked at Seth and said with complete honesty "I'm sorry."
Seth looked at her for some seconds and answered "I'm sorry too."
After some moments in silence, Doren kept going.
For the sake of the
argument, she wanted to say the words, but it was too true and too painful. In
a time of great upheaval, Seth had treated a demon kindly, and the demon had
brought down Fablehaven.
Seth did not give any commentary on that, just letting out a short, silent sigh.
"You're sometimes useful," Kendra said, trying her best to be diplomatic.
"But we're not talking about finding a magic sword to save the world. We're
talking about risking your cousin's life because you're bored."
"He was the bored one," Seth said.
"You always have an excuse," Kendra said. "It doesn't change the fact that
you have caused some major disasters."
"And fixed some," Seth said. "It evens out."
Kendra started walking away. Arguing with him was so pointless! But she
stopped. "Seth, you matter to me. Please be careful."
"I'm grounded," Seth said. "When I sneak out I'll have to be way more
careful."
"You have serious psychological problems."
"I'm logical to psychos?"
"Probably."
"At least somebody gets me."
"Wait a second, we get Seth… does that mean we're psychos!?" Newel interrupted, and Doren got what he was going for.
"Oh no, you're right, who would have thought being Seth's best friends would turn us into that? Unbelievable." Doren continued.
They got what they wanted, lighting up the mood a bit and making Seth to let out a short chuckle.
The next day at the pool behind the house, Kendra watched as Tess
splashed in the water, several fairies orbiting her. Despite their many
protests about Tess, the tiny winged women couldn't resist that she was
fascinated by their favorite subject—themselves.
Kendra had wondered whether Tess would grow tired of pretending
fairies inhabited Fablehaven. Instead, her interest in the game seemed to
steadily increase. She routinely addressed the bumblebees and dragonflies
around her as fairies, and she continued to catch glimpses of their actual
natures, humming a melody a fairy had sung or accurately commenting on the
color of a dress.
"I am still surprised by your cousin, when do you think they will actually come here?" Bracken asked curious.
Stan and Ruth looked to each other, they've been talking and discussing about that recently with the Larsens.
"We're not sure, we only know it's some months from here." Grandpa decided to simply say and Bracken nodded.
"I hope she might end up liking dragons like how she likes fairies." Raxtus said hopeful.
"Tell her you are a fairy dragon, and she'll love it." Kendra assured.
Knox had been in the pool tossing balls at the bin that held some of the
pool equipment, but now he was roaming the edge of the patio, whacking
rosebuds with a stick. Kendra scowled as she watched blossoms falling to
the ground.
"Don't do that to the flowers," Kendra scolded.
Knox turned, eyebrows raised. "There are about a billion flowers here.
Nobody is going to miss a few."
"They belong to Grandma and Grandpa Sorenson and they look pretty.
Leave them alone."
He swished his stick, knocking off another one. "I finally find a decent
game and you want to wreck it. Same old Kendra."
"Are you going to take that?" asked a shimmering silver fairy with wings
like mirrors.
"Want us to teach him a lesson?" asked another.
"To be honest, if you turn Knox into a walrus he'd probably just be even more annoying." Seth commented.
Kendra shook her head with a slight smile, remembering those first days in Fablehaven.
"Not much you can do," Kendra muttered under her breath. "He's
protected."
"What was that?" Knox asked, casually chopping off another rosebud.
"I'll have a talk with Grandma Sorenson," she said loudly, as if repeating
herself. "She likes her flowers intact."
"I brought lemonade," Seth declared, approaching the pool area holding a
tray topped by four glasses, each with a plastic straw. He set the tray on a
poolside table.
Kendra was happy for the distraction. Knox tossed the stick aside and
hurried over to the table. Kendra strolled that way as well.
"Are they letting you out?" Knox asked.
"I'm not allowed to swim today," Seth said. "And I'm grounded from the
woods."
Knox took a sip from the straw. "Not bad. Thanks, Seth."
"Least I could do after almost getting you eaten by a bear. Come get some,
Tess. This is a special blend that might help you see the fairies more
clearly."
Kendra glared at her brother. She understood he was trying to be funny, but
that was a little too close to the truth.
"Until they get the actual truth, a half truth still won't be a truth." Seth told his sister, having started to calm down from before.
"Still, way too on point." She argued.
"How did you know the bear would be there?" Knox asked.
"I wasn't sure," Seth said. "I'm really sorry."
"I'm just lucky you're such a scaredy-cat," Knox said. "You ran away so
fast that it went after you."
"You were running too," Seth said. "You were just too slow. Bears like a
challenge."
"The bear was scary," Tess said, dripping on the patio as she claimed a
glass and took a sip. "Do you get many of them?"
"Hardly ever in the yard," Kendra said.
"You must get some," Knox said. "Didn't you mention bear traps in the
woods?"
"We see a few," Seth said vaguely.
"Smart goats, though," Knox said. "They're like dogs. Stayed with me all
the way back to the yard."
"Good old Newel and Doren," Seth said. "What happened to the duffel
bag?"
"I left it in the woods," Knox said. "The deal was to bring it to you. But
you ran off, and it was heavy. Felt like bricks. Was the heaviness supposed
to slow me down? You must have known a bear cave was nearby. Did you
expect it to chase us?"
"I was just goofing around," Seth said. "I wasn't expecting a bear."
"No, just expecting an ogre, so that is technically true." Warren now says.
"Exactly! Warren gets me too." Seth nodded.
"Oh great, I am a psycho too." He said in a funny tone.
"Whatever," Knox said. "At least it ended up chasing you. The power of
karma. You owe me ten bucks."
"A deal is a deal," Seth agreed. "How far did you get with the bag?"
"Just past where you were waiting for me," Knox said. "The goats
returned and hurried me along. I was worried the bear might double back."
"Right," Seth said. Kendra could hear the concern behind the word. Her
brother was hoping the treasure was safe.
"So when are you going to pay up?" Knox asked.
"Are you planning to take the money in the pool?" Seth replied. "I'll get it
to you. But first I need to borrow Kendra."
"I was just about to jump in the water," Kendra said.
"That'll have to wait," her brother answered.
"Since when do you tell me what to do?" Kendra asked.
Seth leaned in close and whispered, "Since Agad showed up. He wants to
talk to us."
"That's the chapter." Doren said, looking around.
"Could I read? I want to know what Agad has to say." Raxtus requested, as the goat man looks at him.
"I know what you're thinking, but I can read a book, I can be careful moving the pages." He protested.
Doren shrugged, and was about to pass the book to the big lizard, but Stan stopped them.
"Wait for now, since we're on this topic, I feel like we could wait for Agad, if he does not show up for some more time then we can proceed." He now said.
Everyone seemed to agree with that so they waited, having some small talk in middle, after about 30 minutes there was a knock on the door, Stan went to open it and the wizard stepped inside.
"Hello, sorry for taking a while, I had to make sure things would be in order if I left for a couple hours." He apologized.
The others went to greet Agad as he smiled, looking over the books for a moment.
"So those are the books sent by the sisters? How much have I missed?" He asked, as Stan started to explain the events so far, much to Seth's dismay, Agad was in thought.
"Truly impressive, seeing the future in such detail and with so much happening, I've never heard of anything like that before." The wizard said impressed.
"And conveniently, you're about to appear in the book, Raxtus was going to read about it." Seth mentioned to him.
"Oh that is good to know that I won't miss myself." He smiled at that as he took a seat, the dragon looked down at the book.
"Okay, the next chapter is… Dragonwatch." He then let out a sigh, he just had to request reading with such perfect timing.
"There it is, the title drop, we're done." Newel said dramatically.
"Are you okay reading this?" Kendra asked worried to her dragon friend.
"Yeah, it's just that with Agad being here and all, we'll probably go into more detail about the whole dragon situation, I'm fine, I'd have to listen to it anyway." He promised, carefully moving the page with a claw.