"As Marge walked the Apache away, the young woman suddenly veered to where the prospector lay twitching, blood pooling around his head on the baked ca...iche soil. She stared at him, murmuring softly, cleared her throat and spat in his face. Then she quietly rejoined Marge Grady and they headed for the stables."I guess he had that coming, too," Stumpy said. He was staring at me with an odd expression. "That was a fair bit of shooting you did, John. From the hip, from thirty paces." If you've got. I heard a chuckle as a door shut. I made myself a sandwich, slammed myself into a comfy position on my couch and watched TV until dad got home. My dads name is Jerry, my moms name is Sarah. Oh yes I forgot to mention; my name is Paul. "Hey dad." I slowly said as he walked in the door. "Hey son." He said equally slowly. I heard running, "Daddy!" My sister yelled as she ran up to hug him. "How was your day?" She asked. "It was fine," he replied. "Fine then grumpy pants, I'm going back to my. The shaman was sleeping on his side, but without a blanket over him because of the warmth of the night. Keith grabbed the shaman's shoulder and violently rolled him over onto his back. As soon as she had her target exposed, Sam fired a crossbow bolt into his belly button, aimed for his spine. The bolt did its job and cut the shaman's spinal cord, paralyzing him, and pinning him to the ground. When he opened his mouth to scream, Keith jammed a 2-inch diameter stick, end on, into his mouth and. " I'm trying to learn more, but since the dragons arrived on Elear, we must tread very carefully in out attempts to gather intelligence." Yuri spoke. "Apparently he has given them a seat on the Union Senate due to their intelligence and sentient status." They are animals!" Veldruk popped. "What fool gives them sentient status?" Leonidas did." Yuri spoke."If it is possible ... find me one of these dragons. Alive if possible Yuri." Veldruk spoke. "I wish to see what they can do."Yuri nodded..