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Most of Viper's focus was on the shorthanded scrawling that she was getting down on the scroll as a record for the meeting. She could only imagine how important this might be down the road if something did come about due to the death of Queen Ember, and she couldn't imagine the any tribe letting the death of their queen just letting it be.

She froze slightly as Dreamseeker began to speak and gave a furtive glance towards Queen Ardent. As the NightWing continued to speak she could feel her own scales paling and that deep panic beginning to set in at the idea that someone might be watching what was going on within the hut. That the dragons who had been threatening them somehow knew that they were going to be giving away information and would bust in to kill all of them. 

If she admired Queen Ardent for anything it was her ability to keep her emotions well hidden. Despite being a RainWing the only indication that she gave that this line of questioning bothered her, and the only reason Viper caught it was because of how much time she spent here, was the slight twitching of Ardent's claws where they were crossed in front of her.

Ardent kept silent for some time, her head bowed in thought. Her eyes flicked to the door of the hut before they landed back on their visitors and she sighed. [b]"We did not do it because we wanted to. I know the other tribes think that we are lazy and clueless of our own abilities, but that is not true. We are well aware of how dangerous our venom can be, but they did not give us a choice."[/b]

Viper couldn't help but suck in a sharp breath as her queen continued to speak. [b]"You have to understand, they threatened my tribe and continue to do so if we tell anyone what has happened. They have dragons around, listening to the things we say in a hope of catching us breaking the deal we made. I did only what I had to in order to stop us from being attacked,"[/b] she grimaced, [b]"We are not a tribe of fighters."[/b] 

Her long neck turned so she could give Viper a pointed look, but when she spoke her voice was airy and disinterested, the opposite of her quiet and serious tone from before. [b]"Viper why don't you show our guests the wonderful drawing that you did for me the other day."[/b]

Confusion filled her mind for a moment as she struggled to follow the line of conversation before, after a short moment, she snapped up. [color=f49ac2][b]"O-oh of course Queen Ardent! I'm sure they would all love to see it."[/b][/color]

[color=ed1c24][b]"I apologize but we don't really have time for this."[/b][/color] She heard Eclipse say as she rushed to a stretch of bamboo shelves that were covered in scrolls. 

[b]"I think this will very much interest you."[/b] Ardent told him as Viper came back with a single scroll in her paw and laid it on the ground to unroll it. The drawing was crude and not incredibly detailed, but it was unmistakably a SeaWing.