also helps spread the fire once the bottle gets broken. I bet you could rig a bottle up on an arrow. Nasty stuff, I tell you.” Brounn animatedly explained the properties if this miracle substance.
“Why Brounn! I believe that you might have found a hobby.” Fenar teased.
“What? No. This fire bomb is just one of the few things that cobbler comes up with that has a practical application.” Brounn turned surly at a moment’s notice, but Urake detected a twinkle in his eye.
“I will definitely ask him about it.” Urake laughed and prepared to get up. Fenar took the cue to excuse herself. As Urake followed her through the tunnel, he was about to ask what else she knew about the Shadow Order, Dragon Lords, and the Soul Forged weapons that she wasn’t telling when he decided to wait. He trusted that she would tell him what he needed to know so he resisted the urge. She did request that he tell her about his son and asked about Emeck’s wellbeing.
“No, no, this can’t be happening!” Urake stopped outside his door when he hear Cero inside muttering. He couldn’t understand the rest because it was muttered beneath the breath. Fenar had assured him that the room had privacy, but Urake discovered that the door was unlatched allowing someone in the hallway to hear what was going on inside the room. When he knocked on the door, there was a scuffling sound. Urake smiled to himself and waited for the sounds to stop before opening the door. The only person inside was Cero with a guilty expression on his face and both hands behind his back. On the floor, a fragmented piece of glassy black rock could be seen.
“What is going on?” Urake closed the door and crossed his arms as he leaned against it.
“I… well you see… uh… Am I in trouble?”
“It depends. Is there a girl hidden under that bed or did you break something? I'm sure Fenar will forgive you if you broke something considering I paid for everything in here.”
“So I would be in more trouble if there were a girl under the bed?” Cero stalled.
“Now that I know that there is no girl hidden in here, what is that on the floor?” Urake had trouble maintaining his stern expression.
“I thought that I got them all.” Cero exposed one hand and a dozen more of the thin black fragments.
“What are they from?”
“Well you see… You remember that magic glowing rock I had?”
“Of course I remember. You didn’t break…” Urake had taken a step forward before he stopped in surprise as Cero flinched and a small green reptilian head appeared over his shoulder. “What in the name of the…”
“Well you see, I was experimenting with the rock and wanted to see how brightly I could make it shine. Then it started cracking and the weirdest thing happened. I felt like I could see inside it as it cracked apart. The weirdest thing was when I saw myself.” Cero continued his explanation as if he hadn’t noticed Urake’s shocked expression.
“It’s a dragon!”
“So then I could see from my eyes again and I saw that this rock was in reality an egg and that it had hatched. I think his name is Enthbani, but he wants to be called Bani.”
“It’s a dragon.”
“You said that already.”
“I did? Oh. Why do you have a dragon?”
“Because, I accidently hatched it?”
“How do you accidently hatch a dragon?”
“I told you. I think it was dormant for some reason and I woke it when I was making the egg glow.”
“So let me get this straight. You accidently hatched a dragon by making it glow. You can see through his eyes. His name is Enthbani but he told you that he wants to be called Bani.” Urake stomped to a chair and sat down.
“Yes?”
“Yes what?”
“Can I keep him?”
“I don’t see how.” Urake was about to give a reason when the little green dragon that had been peeking inquisitively over Cero’s shoulder suddenly screeched and leaped at Urake. He was long and slender with thin, nearly transparent wings. Bani managed to glide almost all the way to Urake’s feet before crashing. He recovered quickly and began climbing the nearest leg.
“Bani noverum!” Cero spoke firmly and the little green dragon stopped instantly. “Jumeh.” Urake watched as the little creature let go of his leg and fell to the floor. Again, he righted himself quickly and trotted over to Cero who leaned down and picked him up.