I dreamed of perhaps defying Dragon prophecy—of nullifying supposed Dragon destiny—by taking the child in hand and guiding her through childhood and early adulthood with the teachings of Bretan philosophy. Revealing to her there were other ways in which both Dragon and Man could mutually survive and thrive alongside each other.
But my desire to remain with the child and begin her training was, all too often, interrupted by the realities of the world around us. Dragons and Men hunted us. Like animals, we were forced to flee for our lives from one place to another. Both in this middle kingdom, and from out of the Netherworld, there were those who wished to extinguish our lives and, in doing so, remove the thread of Dragon prophecy permanently from the world in the process. Too Many times I
