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helpful words working and with little else to do, I decided to clean her to remove the root of her despair. So, I flicked my wrist and conjured up a jug of glacial water along with a bit of manna.
    Emily, still busy weeping, provided no resistance as I coated her head with manna by running my hand through her soft hair. Once her dark hair was thoroughly covered in the blue goo, I poured the glacial water over her head. Upon contact with the water, Emily jolted while the manna evaporated, taking away the pieces of half-digested food I had coated with it.
    Emily squirmed as a small trickle of water rushed down her neck, but kept her face hidden.
    With her hair free of foul materials, I pried her hands away from her soiled face, revealing her puffy red eyes. Before she could clam up again, I smeared more manna on her dirtied face and splashed the jug of water on her, erasing the taint.
    She cried out, “What are you doing?” But, upon touching her face and hair, she stopped and stared at me with confusion in her eyes. “How?”
    “I rubbed my manna over you.”
    Emily sniffled and studied the ground.
    I extended my hand towards her and felt the corners of my mouth rise on their own when her soft fingers closed around mine.
    I lifted her to her feet. “Come on. Let’s go find your dragon.”
    Just then, from the large mound of dirt, the sound of a giant creature snoring rumbled the earth in a steady rhythm. “Who knows," I said, glad we had come to the right place. "Maybe we can sort this whole thing out with words.”
    Emily picked her staff off the ground. “No.”
    My heart sank a little. “Why?”
    “Because I am going to kill it.” Emily pulled her hand away and brushed past me. Her face was set, and her eyes focused, but her knuckles were white, and she trembled ever so slightly. “There is no other choice. I want to kill it.”
    I watched her walk away.  Liar.  Closing my eyes for a moment, I sighed then reluctantly followed in her footsteps.  Still, a promise is a promise.

Chapter Three
    Narius
     
    We stood at the entrance of the hollowed-out hill. The air shimmered, and sweat trickled down my neck. The heat coming from the cavern was so fierce my wings felt like they were being roasted.
    Inside, a snoring dragon the size of the inn slept, curled up in a tight ball. A jet of flames from the dragon's left nostril briefly illuminated the cavern, revealing a mountain of bones and his dingy, mud-coated blue scales. On his other nostril, a glowing red snot bubble, filled with liquid fire, expanded and contracted.
    The bubble swayed like a flail until it popped, and lava-like mucus dripped to the ground, sizzling as it melted the rock beneath it, before hardening into an orange deposit.
    Emily's eyes sagged as she stared at the pile of bones decorating the lair. “Where’s the heap of gold? Gems the size of my head? Where's my loot?” she whispered.
    I shrugged then summoned a quill and quickly sketched the dragon into the Codex, taking care to draw his mace-like tail. When I returned my gaze to Emily, she was raising her staff at the sleeping dragon.
    I placed my hand on the orb of her staff and lowered the weapon before she harmed the creature.
    She glared at me. “What are you doing?”
    “You can’t do that. He might get hurt.”
    Emily gritted her teeth and yanked her staff from my hand. “That’s the point!”
    The snoring stopped and two green slit eyes opened to focus on Emily.
    “Not another one.” The dragon breathed out a long cloud of smoke, revealing the white hide of the cow stuck between his teeth. “All right, human. Let’s go outside. I’d hate to destroy my home.” Pannaxx yawned and drifted his gaze to me, then to the Codex. “Oh? What is this? A servant of Halfaya? Strange… I’ve never seen one from his flock as young as you.”
    “I am old enough. Probably older than you!”
    “Is that so?" he asked shaking his tail. "I did not expect angels to be such terrible