There was a long pause, finally broken by Kali taking the initiative. "Maybe we just need to ease into this. Take our time." She took his right hand in her left. "And we don't need to fill in every second with idle chatter." She leaned over to Kutur's head and gave him a small lick on the side of his snout. 

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Meanwhile...

The caravan from Hekaga had finally reached the city and began to unload its onerous cargo. Slowly but surely, the dracons emptied their wagons, depositing the stones and other supplies onto a large field just beyond the city limits. It was not a fast process by any means, and they still weren't finished when the kobolds came over. One of the dracons, a burly orange-skinned guard, stood firm when asked to relinquish his arms by a contingent of kobold soldiers.

"I am under [i]strict[/i] orders to watch over this caravan, as are all of the sentinels. We won't draw our weapons unless provoked. Let us do our work and we'll be on our way. It won't take us long to leave the supplies. What you do with them once we unload 'em is up to your people."