"Well, I had thought maybe you lived on a farm or something" Iskra replied. "Even a small town would be larger than where I grew up. I was from a farm myself, and lived there until I met Cayosin" she explained. "I would go to a town from time to time, mostly to buy what we couldn't provide for ourselves, things like metal tools and the like."

Kos sat down next to her, letting his tail wrap around her's. Although dracon tails were no prehensile, he could still give her a little squeeze with it. He put a hand on Sasha's belly, gently rubbing it. 

"Soon enough, we'll have to take care of the nest, you know."

"I suppose it matters. Did I tell you the part that he left her to raise Kos by herself, and that she died not long after meeting my father again?" Larek replied. "It wasn't his fault she died, but she was killed by Dememoras specifically to get at my father."

"I guess the mud would feel good between one's toes" Veax admitted.