|
ne I slept for many hours more.
Then I asked Desa and Ryu to attend me at moonrise. They agreed.
Ryu arrived early. "That is for me?"
"It is. You must lie on your back within it. I hope you find it
comfortable."
"I will see," he smiled, easing himself into it. Slowly he turned
over, struggling. "I feel like a fish in a man's net."
"I hope not. I've not intention of putting a hook in your mouth or
clubbing you over the head."
"Or slitting my throat, I hope," he added.
"No, none of that."
"Are we waiting?"
"Yes," I said. "Desa has asked to witness this. Does that trouble
you?"
"No," he replied calmly. "Desa is our master in all things, Darryn,
and there is no reason we should not invite him to watch this."
Desa arrived shortly thereafter. But not through the front door, oh
no. Instead, a wind stirred and then a small gale erupted in Ryu's home as
a great Dragon, an ancient beast of full beard and golden eyes dropped
through the hole in the roof and lande
|
