Deli ran and they ran, Raheerah's bellowing behind only spurring them on. The sound of wingbeats had them looking back, but the dragon was flying in a different direction - not chasing, but leaving Polaris. Deli skidded to a halt and watched as the fiery demon disappeared into the tunnel.

Movement caught their eye. The other dog, the black one, returning to the place that the dragon had been moments before. Their instincts was screaming for them to run away, back to their tunnel, and nurse their burns before they got anymore, but curiosity - and a spark of mischief - had them trotting forward to follow. A grin slowly slid onto their face.

The black dog was gone by the time Deli arrived at the scene as well. Shards of stone...all over the ground! From the lamb? The bird? Doesn't matter, it was pretty and as Deli leaned down to pick up the quickly cooling shards of gemstone, they wondered if a piece of the child's life was still within.

Wouldn't that be something?

Raising themselves up and looking around, they turned tail and sprinted back to the tunnel with the shard in their mouth, still shaken, but with something, at least, to look forward to. Oh, all the inspiration this would give them!

*exit

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