Blood Oath

"You will have to kill anyone?" Ning asked with a weird look on his face. "That's not something you thought of on your own, right?"

"No," the dragon said. "I have those thoughts not because of myself."

"I see," Ning said. "Thankfully, you've been able to control your wits. If the will had fully manifested, you would've likely had a hard time controlling your own thoughts."

"What will?" the dragon asked.

"Hmm… explaining that is a little hard," Ning said as he thought a bit.

"Tiny human! Don't you dare try and go without answering me? I will rip your flesh apart with my—"

"No, no, I'm not saying I won't answer. Explaining will be hard because you don't know what I'm talking about in the slightest, but I will explain," Ning said. "Just, not right now." 

"Why not?" the dragon asked.

"This place is poisonous and I don't want to continue healing them," Ning said. "So, let's talk after they've left this place."