At Skobeloff's words, Garrock reflexively folds his wings tightly against his body. [color=FADA5E]"I assure you,"[/color] he says quickly. [color=FADA5E]"It's merely a small bite. Nothing to worry about."[/color] Still, he doesn't sound nearly as prickly as he was earlier, clearly softened by his earlier conversation with the trickster.

Fogdance, who only seems to have noticed Garrock now, takes a step away from the pixies and towards the other bearded dragon. [color=silver]"You're hurt?"[/color] she asks. [color=silver]"May I see?"[/color]

Instinctively, Garrock shrinks back. [color=FADA5E]"You're all making a fuss over nothing, I tell you!"[/color] he says. 

However, Fogdance doesn't let up and, very slowly and carefully, approaches Garrock. Seeing she's not about to back down, Garrock reluctantly opens his wing and lets her have a look. Fogdance inspects his injured wing for a moment, a frown forming on her face. [color=silver]"Well spotted, Skobeloff,"[/color] she says after a moment. She looks up at Garrock. [color=silver]"Small bite or not, corruption has obviously gotten into this wound. You're lucky Skobeloff noticed, or this could have been a lot worse."[/color] Her tone is surprisingly sharp as she addresses him, very different from the softer tone she had been using on the drakes or the pixies, though not entirely unkind either. [color=silver]"We should deal with this immediately."[/color]

Garrock opens his mouth to protest, but seeing the seriousness in Fogdance's eyes, stops himself and merely lowers his head.

Fogdance gestures to the twins to come and aid her, and together, the three of them set about at using moon magic to remove the darkness from Garrock's wound. It takes a good couple of minutes, as it seems the dark markings on Garrock's wing are just as stubborn as he is. However, they do eventually fade to the healing light of the three's spell, and once gone, Garrock's wound heals up very easily. The twins step back to give Garrock some space as he flexes his wing. [color=silver]"Now doesn't that feel better?"[/color] Fogdance says.

Garrock doesn't answer right away, taking a moment to examine the wing. Skobeloff can see that the older dragon is trying not to look at anyone else in the room as he eventually says, [color=FADA5E]"Much better. Thank you."[/color] A few of the pixies giggle at his indignation.

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The rest of the group seems to relax slightly once the shadow dragon is out of sight. Kyte in particular gives a smile at Stargaze's cheering, while Alpin can be heard making an audible sigh of relief.

"I think my heart stopped for a moment," he says. "Did anyone else's heart stop?"

Kyte gives a snort of laughter at this before they, Fellwing and Shieldwing all start joining Stargaze in dispatching the vines. As guessed, they very easily relent to the strikes and pulls of the dragons' claws and teeth. It isn't long before they uncover their first dragon, a blue dragon with a mane of white feathers. Fellwing recognises him from her vision as the dragon Altostratus and quickly informs the group of this. Upon hearing his name spoken aloud, the blue dragon's body begins to shift, clearly beginning to wake from his forced slumber. He slowly begins to stand up, shrugging off the last of the vines as he spreads his wings, throws back his head and gives a small yawn. Once he finally opens his eyes, he gazes sleepily at the group before beginning to survey the rest of his surroundings. The confusion is clear on his face as he turns back to Stargaze and tilts his head at her in a questioning manner. Clearly, he has no idea where he is or how he got here.