You follow Rikale and Kalika into a large, extremely warm cave. Your boots scrape softly on the hard granite floor, whispering like the wind through the trees. You peer around, curious about your surroundings. Unfortunately, the only thing that catches your eye is a smaller alcove; you see the glint of gold and sparkle of jewels in the torchlight. You step towards it, only to hear a husky voice whisper, 'I would not go too much closer, if I were you.' Startled, you spin around and find yourself face-to-face with a medium-sized white dragon. She inches closer, watching you intently.
'Well Kalika, Rikale, I suppose this is a human, eh?' The dragon, while curious, gauges your every move. You shift nervously from foot to foot as the dragon slowly licks her lips. 'I think I like humans.' She grins, giving you a nice view of wicked-looking teeth.
'Orthil, stop it!' Kalika snaps crossly. 'You're an adult and still have no manners. This is ridiculous! At least as a hatchling, the most trouble you got into was spitting up on visitors!'
Orthil coughs slightly, and you notice something rather odd, yet amazing in its own way : She appears to be blushing! Orthil turns to you, sniffing indignantly. 'Although from the way these two talk about me you would never know it, I am a white KingdomDragon.' She smiles smugly. You merely stare at her expectantly. At your stare, she sighs in exasperation. 'You're supposed to be impressed! What, you've never heard of my kind?' You shake your head, and Orthil grumbles about ignorant humans.
'Well,' Orthil starts, 'KingdomDragons are fairly rare, a reason we are bred and adopted out. We come in a variety of colours, the colours determining things from our sex and rank, down to our talents. I am a white dragon, which makes me a female. As for my powers,' Orthil's smug smile grows, shockingly, even more smug, 'I will lay large clutches of eggs when my love Atra and I decide to mate, and I am very good at advising when it comes to nature and the like. I am also among the very best magic-users of KingdomDragons.' She grins at you, and you nod, extremely impressed.
You ready yourself to go, stretching luxuriously. A small sign in the corner catches your eye; you didn't notice it before. It reads :
Below that you see a second plaque:
Certificate I Jona has blessed
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You consider the signs and decide you might just stop by ODA and pick up your own dragon egg. Orthil is very beautiful...