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"Aye That he does And he’s da when you two oblet of wine "Meet? Why would we meet?"

"I have to introduce you to him before I Claim you He’s rather insistent on some of the Old Ways"

"I don’t want to be Clairowled Low and deep fronored the odd little bu it wasn’t so me that I do have a na, rather than a feared Battle Lord

"Fine I don’t want to be Claimed by you, Bercelak But it’s not personal I don’t want to be Claimed by anyone No one has Claim on me and no one ever will"

"But don’t you want to Claim someone? Don’t you want someone to breed with and to call your own?"

"No"

"Not at all?"

"No"

"I don’t understand There is soinside you So much desire I see it in your eyes You need to release it or you’ll beco abruptly and looked down at his empty plate

"Like my mother?" His eyes slowly rose up to look at her "You fear I’ll beco sure I never become like her"

"But you already are As surely as you sit before me now as human The more you harden your heart The"

"Dragons were ons are social We just don’t need to spend endless amounts of tio to your den and aren’t seen for years at court or anywhere else You don’t see your kin You’ve seen no one since the death of your father"