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The tall gate loomed before us, promising nothing good about what awaited beyond it. I mean, well, we already know that a dragon was on the other side.
If Elise's mother wasn't big and strong enough, this green-scaled one might be twice stronger and bigger.
Plus, there was the mystery of the people hiding after dark. Or were they hiding even if the sun was shining?
It was kind of odd. But we won't be receiving any answers unless one citizen of Kashjai would come out and tell us. Maybe we could try knocking on doors. But would someone even be so kind as to let us in?
"People are inherently kind," my mother used to lecture me about that. I want to believe it, and maybe I did consider it at one point. However, there were moments when I began to doubt whether she just said that because she didn't want to give up on humanity or she was just too kind.
There was something else going on in here, that's for sure.