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Jann is minding his own business. He is playing by himself in the courtyard with a wooden sword: this definitely constitutes minding his own business. Nothing that follows is his fault.
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abeance
Jann does not object to petting Glynn. Or carrying him around and opening doors for him. If Glynn gets bored Jann could probably even be talked into reading to him or moving his chess pieces for him for reasonable lengths of time.
avec-le-coeur
He is pretty content to be carried around and petted until lack-of-moonrise.
avec-le-coeur
And he turns back into a human. There is a minor rain of hairclips.
"That was fun! I was right, this castle is exciting."
"That was fun! I was right, this castle is exciting."
avec-le-coeur
"And your cousin is fun to play chess with. Maybe if I try I can beat him a third time."
abeance
"'Course not. You aren't the disappointing sort. We go back to school soon, though, and then you'll have to go back to playing by mail."
avec-le-coeur
"I'd better play him some more while I'm still here, then."
And he goes and finds Milo and a chessboard.
He does win one more game before the break ends and they have to go back to knight school.
And he goes and finds Milo and a chessboard.
He does win one more game before the break ends and they have to go back to knight school.
first-and-final
Another year goes by. Glynn and Milo play a lot of chess. Glynn continues to outshine the entire school.
A month after Milo's fifteenth birthday, he gets restless and goes out for a long afternoon ride. It's not that unusual for him. As long as he tells his parents where he's going and when he expects to be back, they judge it perfectly safe.
A month after Milo's fifteenth birthday, he gets restless and goes out for a long afternoon ride. It's not that unusual for him. As long as he tells his parents where he's going and when he expects to be back, they judge it perfectly safe.
Well, it's usually perfectly safe, but today a dragon swoops down out of the sky and hooks a claw into his outfit and carries him off.
"What'd you say?" asks the dragon. "Bit hard to hear you!"
first-and-final
Milo considers his knowledge of dragons. Big on manners - usually give you one chance to impress them before they decide for sure whether to eat you or not - tendency to carry off princesses.
He has a sinking feeling about this.
"IF YOU DON'T MIND, I'D LIKE TO KNOW WHY YOU'RE CARRYING ME OFF," he tries.
He has a sinking feeling about this.
"IF YOU DON'T MIND, I'D LIKE TO KNOW WHY YOU'RE CARRYING ME OFF," he tries.
"Last princess ran off with a knight about five years back and it's about time I borrowed a new one!" explains the dragon jovially. "Don't worry, I'm sure someone will be by to rescue you pretty soon."
Those would be the Mountains of Morning up ahead.
Those would be the Mountains of Morning up ahead.
"What was that?" The dragon's unoccupied forefoot goes up to scratch by his ear.
first-and-final
Just his luck to be carried off by a deaf dragon.
"I. AM. A. PRINCE."
"I. AM. A. PRINCE."
"I know!" says the dragon, presumably mishearing. "My eyes aren't what they used to be but I still know a princess when I smell one."
The dragon does not hear or reply to this.
Mountains mountains mountains.
Mountains mountains mountains.
first-and-final
The mountains are very pretty. He is not too upset to appreciate this.
But ugh.
But ugh.
Eventually the dragon finds an entrance to his own cave. He lands pretty neatly, hind feet first, and sets Milo on the ground and unhooks his claw from Milo's shirt. "Here we are then. In you go. Take your third left."