Days of living in the cave with Monarlisk began. The dragon was quite good company in a strange way. He liked to talk and was fascinated by Pettic's adventures. He talked of dragon magic, which was dissimilar to human magic.
Dragons could not make the gestures that humans did to imbue gems with magic. They had developed a way of making the magic work without gems. They did not need to mutter words either, just think of what they wanted to accomplish.
Monarlisk thought perhaps humans did not need to make the gestures, mutter words of magic, or use gemstones either, but believed they did, and so the magic did not work for them unless accompanied by these gestures, words and gems.
At the end of the first day, Monarlisk brought a lamb to the cave, and after Pettic had skinned it and given i
