XXIV “I’ve told ya how I felt about all this killin’,” Frog said. Dark, Frog and Norwyn stood in the Abstraction Chamber. Ennius left them to attend to government business. Frog croaked and said “My lord, you’re blindin’ yourself with revenge. Why don’t we talk about what we’re actually gonna do with all this equipment here?” Norwyn held up a claw. “Shut up, Frog.” “Shut up!” Frog boomed. He ran for Norwyn but the white dragon slashed him with his tail, knocking him backward. Frog grasped his face. “You don’t understand politics,” he said. “When we were at the aquifer, you chastised Lord Dark for wanting revenge. Now you’re enablin’ him!” “There’s nothing wrong with a little blood, my boy,” Dark said. “Don’t worry yourself. I haven’t regressed in my understanding of this new world.

