[h2]Miina and [color=lightblue]Galahad[/color][/h2]

“I’ll h-help with dragons,” Miina had stated without preamble or taking time to think over it. While she could [i]maybe[/i] help with another infiltration mission, there were enough natives here that it was better just taking them and Chisato or something. She was really picking up [i]one too many[/i] distinctive traits for sneaky infiltration work.

Besides, dragons? Dragons were [i]interesting[/i]. Of all the animals, she couldn’t think of one that would be more useful to magical study… even if the connection to Eve was a lot more roundabout. Still, if they had an effect on aether, she wanted to see it.

But that meant knowing what she was up against, and dragons weren’t the sort of thing that featured heavily in her upbringing. Big. Fire. There had to be more to it – but there was an expert on hand, right? Stuffing the last of some oddly-flaky pastry in her mouth, Miina tapped Galahad’s shoulder a few times and indicated the doorway.

[color=lightblue]”I suppose it would be fairly natural for me to take on the dragons as well.”[/color] Galahad noted as he stood. [color=lightblue]”Plus, I don't imagine I'd be particularly good with infiltration. Safe to say, it isn't my strong suit.”[/color]

Glancing after the small mystrel, Galahad merely shrugged and followed her to the door. Reaching over her, Galahad opened the door and gestured for Miina to enter. 

[color=lightblue]”Not to sound too presumptuous, but I have a feeling I know what you're about to ask, but go ahead and ask anyway.”[/color] he hummed, [color=lightblue]”Are we seeking general knowledge or specific? “[/color]

“B-Both? I know d-d-dragons are [i]big[/i], fly, fiery…” Miina shrugged, “But weaknesses? Anything [i]else[/i]?”

[color=lightblue]”Well, for one, they're not [I]all[/I] fiery.”[/color] Galahad chuckled. [color=lightblue]”Dragons breathe all sorts of elements, but for the most part the most common are fire, ice and lightning. The main three types of elemental magic.”[/color]

Galahad pulled his sash from his waist and flipped the end over, showing a variety of dragon scales lining it. [color=lightblue]”Elements are typically based on color- but not always. Generally red and green dragons breathe fire, blue and yellow breathe lightning, and white breathes ice. As expected, dragons are typically more resilient against the element that they can breathe, so if you're going to use magic use a different element type.”[/color]

He tapped a gauntleted knuckle against one of the large scales. [color=lightblue]”Dragon scales are as hard as steel. So directly attacking them is typically out of the picture without a dedicated weapon like mine, but they generally have fewer scales where their wings meet their bodies, as well as the actual winghide itself, and the underarm joints.”[/color] 

Galahad hummed and tapped his chin, feeling a bit like he'd been lecturing a bit much, but she had asked. [color=lightblue]”Behavior wise… I'm not entirely sure what to expect. These are blighted dragons, so they probably don't have the same mind as typical dragons.”[/color]

“M-M-Maybe not blighted [i]yet[/i],” Miina pointed out. All the elements, then? Well, she could work with that, although it was annoying to have it mostly based on [i]colour[/i]. Though perhaps it would be more obvious once she could see the creatures themselves… and if they were blighted, maybe that was irrelevant.

At least Galahad could use a single solution for all.

“What d-do they normally do?”

[color=lightblue]”Fair.”[/color] he nodded, [color=lightblue]”“As far as their usual habits, they're mostly solitary creatures. The young will stay with their parents, but will typically find their own roosts after adulthood.”[/color]

[color=lightblue]”They're usually the apex predator of whatever area they settle in. Territorial to boot. Intelligent in an animalistic way. They sleep, fly, and hunt, animals and humanoids are all the same to them.”[/color]

Galahad tapped his chin. [color=lightblue]”Wind magic might actually be useful, for forcing them onto the ground. They're typically more than happy to stay in the sky and rain breath attacks down until they're sure they can kill with their claws and teeth. That's why dragons had to learn to jump, to take the fight to them.”[/color]

“Wind, huh…” Miina looked thoughtful, “Y-Yeah, I think I can ground them. [i]Rrrreaally[/i] well.”

She was getting pretty practised at tornadoes, even if balancing things with one arm… ah, she should go work on that now, she didn’t want to try it for the first time with the new catalyst under fire (literally) either.

“I’m g-going to prepare,” the mystrel announced, pausing for a second, “Th-Thank you.”

And then she scampered off.