"I'm truly surprised," praised Arandir, sipping on his piping hot tea while suspended within the air, gazing down at the three humans who'd led their kin to victory. Not only had they preserved a higher number of lives than Arandir expected, but they'd also prevented the death of one of the dragon sisters, Roxie.
Arandir and Kyl had had a great laugh about the topic. They now expected their payment to experience an incline. The two would also have leverage against Roxie's backer, the Queen of Dragons, since they could reveal the fact that the latter refused to offer support when one of the sisters was in danger.
Furthermore, considering Roxie hadn't perished during the battle, there existed a slight chance of her surviving the tutorials. That would result in her being considered a partial member of Dragon Royalty.
Just thinking about the subject caused chills to shoot down Arandir's spine. Chills of excitement, of course.