Gnol sauntered from the paddock to the back door. It was open and in the kitchen the man sat at the table, a pint in one hand and his other hand lying on his lap, out of sight, a female voice and children voices could be heard from a room closeby.
"Thank you for welcoming us into your house." Gnol said with a small bow. The man returned it with a slight nod.
"I'm Gnol, Those two gentlemen are Trevor and Noble." Gnol introduced them.

"I'm Tristan," he replied curtly. Gnols eyes went towards a closed door when he heard the voices again. "My wife and kids." Tristan said in answer to the unspoken question.
"So what brings you here?" Tristan gestured to the empty chairs. "Take a seat and do tell me." He examined Noble and Trevor. He dismissed Noble as an immediate threat but Trevor could be a problem.

"Well...Duncan..." Gnol started, not sure where to begin and what he could tell. He then heard a familiar whinnying outside. "Speaking of the devil." Gnol said with a wink.

Duncan put his horse in the paddock and walked to the kitchen. "Tristan, good to see you. How are you? How's Nelly?"

Tristan got up and put the dagger he was holding on the cupboard and grabbed Duncan's wrist. "Good thing you at least gave them something to let me know those people are your friends." Duncan chuckled and was about to reply as they heard a scream outside.

"Monsters! Dragons!" a little girl's voice shrieked as she ran inside, throwing herself against Tristan, sobbing. Tristan looked from Duncan to Trevor and Noble, "What have you brought on my doorstep?" he asked almost angry.

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Alan listened to Meria as she located the water. "I wish I could do that," he sighed. "It would have made my life so much easier."
He turned back to Ricki. "Linda will be back so soon, I'm sure."

Terasivas scrambled down and started investigating. Sniffing at leaves, chasing his tail and running circles around Ark.

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When Rachel stated Damien was getting rusty the corners of Crreessa's mouth started twitching again. She had to bite the inside of her cheek to keep herself from laughing again.

"Pleasure to meet you Kela. I'm Crreessa, also not exactly human." Kela seemed like a cool female, she wondered if she also knew her brother and what her brother thought of her.

RedClaws shook his head when Orian smacked Ram, such silliness was beyond him. "Ram'' RedClaws greeted the other dragon.