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"What are you doing, Starlight? The fighting is over!" Natasatch screarowled, turning He hung in the air, a trick few dragons could accoon’s wingspan "By the egg that sheltered us, these huht they were training us, but I was using those human fools to clear the earth of the hoenerations! Generations!" He folded his wings and dived at Natasatch, and AuRon banked and shoved her out of the way, his wingto use anyone, Starlight!" AuRon said

"I reht said "I’d just losttooth I saw you still had yours, so I reo This is soht for elves?"

"If the hominids want to destroy each other in wars, that’s their affair I want the dragons out of it," AuRon said

"Whoever wins in their ill be the stronger for it," Starlight said "Then they’ll put an end to us"

The dragons flew in concentric circles, Natasatch inside, AuRon around her, protecting her froht around the ht Once the Wyrmmaster’s people did aith elves and dwarves, and probably the blighters as well, ould they need of us? The dragons under their control would be slaughtered like old warhorses for their flesh and hides"

"I’d have ht said

"You’re too slow Slower than I," AuRon said, wondering if he had the strength left

"Ha!"

AuRon flew at Starlight, ht sideslipped away, but AuRon still got aHe tore away the thin skin and banked as he cliht screamed in fury and spat fire in AuRon’s wake It flapped its oversize wings, cliht rose fast AuRon su up and up, but it sees were closer Starlight was ss

They cli throbbed AuRon tasted his own blood with each exhalation, but Starlight was just behind AuRon looped, thinking his flexibility could allow hihter circle than his pursuer

He rong

Starlight’s fangs closed on his tail Liquid fire flowed into his veins AuRon sla his claws into his own flesh, battling pain withjoint Each dragon held the other’s flesh in a death grip, and both began to fall to earth

AuRon kicked out with his legs, pulling his own tail off near his haunch Flesh separated froony caused hi joint with hiht

"You die, you die!" the silver screao the tail- and destroyed the other Starlight spun on his one wing, in tight circles, unable to balance in flight AuRon drifted until he saw Starlight break against awith the stones he loosened to the rocks below

"I’m sorry, my brother," AuRon said He felt ill with pain and exhaustion, but his legs worked The poison hadn’t made it into his system before he pulled his tail off He still feared for hiht, and he began to dive He shifted his neck this way and that, trying to right himself

Natasatch was beside him in a flash "Hold on to my tail! I’ll pull you"

He bit into her tail, and they flew like joined dragonflies AuRon worked on shaping his wings so he could get along better without the counterweight of his tail They landed at a glacial pool, and drank

"I saw Starlight fall What happened to your tail?" she said, sniffing at the stu

"It seems fate is determined to seemy own head off wouldn’t have worked as well"