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	‘How smart are these things?’  said Jack, returning to Amber and taking a seat across from her at the table. 

‘Chilli’s?’  she asked, ‘Or dragons in general?’  

Jack thought about this. ‘Uh… Chilli’s, I guess. How about both? And how many breeds of dragon are there, by the way?’  

Amber looked up from her work, placing down a knife she was using to cut a pattern from the leather. 

‘You really aren’t from around here, are you?’ she said and requested, ‘Why don't you tell me about where you are from, the truth this time, and then tell me why you are here…, then I’ll tell you about this place.’   

‘I guess at this point, that sounds about fair.’ 

He shifted his eyes sideways and she watched him carefully, taking note of the slight changes in his expressions as he gathering his thoughts, carefully working up the words to tell her....