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Chapter Thirty-nine

The ain

I continued to hang fro in the wind Heat continued rolling off the great beast&039;s underbelly

I wondered again when I would wake up

Why the heaven would you want to wake up? asked the dragon, as it turned slightly to port, bringing me with it

I don&039;t know, I answered

Are you afraid? the dragon asked

Yes, a little

Do you think I ht eat you?

Yes, I do

Hmm I didn&039;t think of that I wonder how you would taste

I hoped that was a rhetorical question Below, pinpoints of lights came and went as we soared from town to town The air turned colder And as it did, the heat in the dragon&039;s belly increased, counteracting the cold My ar, but not unbearably so

Don&039;t think about it, said the voice deep within ing five hundred feet above the ground

The sound of chuckling insteadily north

Thank you, I thought, for keepingme? I asked

The Council of Elders They have requested your presence

Okay, I thought, that oing to eat me?

Not this time

Then why did you attack us earlier?

That was hardly an attack

Then as it? I asked

I was just having soe in quite so to sense a coht: Sure, but you could have killed someone

Nonsense I aimed to miss

You destroyed so stand? He was selling processed animal parts Heavens, even I wouldn&039;t eat that crap You huht Which is why I&039;o that far, said the dragon, chuckling deeply

We continued due north; the teon&039;s belly warly

Where are you from? I asked

Nearby

On earth?

Heavens, no Another world

But you said nearby

It is nearby

Another planet?

Sure, it said Sort of

One of those parallel world deals?

That&039;s a little closer to the truth

So how did you get here?