A squeak of glee escaped from Ursala and we both turned to stare at the scene of gaiety and love before us. As I watched the tiny Pearl Princess leaping into the open arms of the laughing Gawain and Gawaith, and then watched Bellus and Hakim leap onto the blond-haired brothers and child for a little rough-house play, I found myself asking why would God not wish for this? The god of the Niscian’s and the Bretan believed all living creatures were basically his children. Being his children meant all living creatures were intrinsically Good. Dragonkind was intrinsically good. Mankind was intrinsically good. If given the right teachings and the right shepherding, why could we not live in peace?
But, as both Bretan and Niscian believed, both Man and Dragon had within them the seeds of their own
