[CENTER][h1][color=00746b][u]Skobeloff[/u][/color][/h1][/CENTER]

"You are correct," Echo said. "Have you perhaps encountered this creature yourself?"

Skobeloff shook his head. [color=00746b]"Yeah... I probably wouldn't be standing here if I had."[/color] The Trickster said. [color=00746b]"I ran into one of its victims already. She's okay now, but she's a bearded dragon, and it still beat her anyway. So yeah, being strong won't help us much. What we really need is to be smart."[/color]

"Our friend Alpin can tell you far more than I can." Echo stated. "After all, it was the brownies who first encountered this being, which is how they ended up in their current state."

Skobeloff listened to Alpin's words intently as the brownie explained the origins of the threat they faced. Paying careful attention to every detail as the story unfolded. [color=00746b]"What happened then?"[/color] Skobeloff asked when Alpin paused after mentioning that the strange black dragon woke up.