Meeting The Dragon

Hearing him say that instilled confidence in Jin-Sil, and she puffed her chest out.

"I won't betray that trust," she declared.

"I'm sure you won't. But we still need to think of how the others can help. I don't doubt you can take the dragon down, but I want to leave nothing to chance. Do any of you need time to prepare a spell or attack that you consider your strongest?" he asked, scanning them again.

The group stayed mum, leading him to believe they either didn't need time or didn't think they had something that was enough to deal with the dragon.

"In that case, you have thirty seconds to prepare yourselves mentally. That is the time I need to set some protection in place for when we open that door. Beyond that point, it'll be your strength against the dragon's."

Everyone picked up the things they had hastily dropped when the fight began against the dragonkin and amassed around Alex.