"Well, my father doesn't really have a last name and neither do I. Not really. My full name would be Larek, son of Adykon." Larek explained.

The shop was still open for another hour. Orna asked the manager to see if they had any pseudodragons here.

"Dear girl, we don't sell them! Those are sentient beings." Orna thought about that for a moment. "Oh. Well, do you have anything a bit like that? Only not sentient?"

"Well, we have some little house drakes. Those are little more than lizards with horns, you see."

"No, I don't want you to cry" Kos said, laughing at that. "It was just an interesting concept."

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Caex took Auryn gently, letting the hatchling cling to his shoulder. "So, mother. Were you expecting a grandchild so soon?"

"I was a bit surprised, but I thought in about a year or so one of you would have a child, so not really."

Adykon led Avera out to the pasture, where there were a few horses milling about.