Gale stayed out in the field for a little while longer before she returned home as well, taking her human form again to do so. The conversation she had had with the merchant left her wondering. If there were others out there that were like herself and the merchant, where were they? Were they able to control their dragons like the two of them had learned to do? When Gale returned to the dwelling, Broin looked up from the table. He stood, about to reach for her when he noticed that she looked as though something was on her mind. "Gale, are you okay?" he asked her. She looked up at him, offering a smile. "Yes. I was just thinking," Gale responded, not wanting to give away what she had been told. She wasn't sure the merchant wanted others to know about his true nature, because he went to such

