Mirayah gives the barest hint of a smile. "No, I think we shall leave it at that. You will, of course, allow us to leave? WE shall exit peacefully." She puts a slight stress on the "we", shooting a sidelong glance at the two elves, who had entered once more. It speaks of untold danger and of irritation. They halt their advance, but remain in the room to watch the scene unfold. Mirayah nudged Ash, who stands with some difficulty. She lends him her shoulder and they make their way to the back door, under the hostile gaze of the demon Andrea and the indifferent one of the vampire.
The two are about to close the door behind them when Mirayah suddenly stops and turns again, as if struck with a sudden thought. She speaks again, her rich voice holding a slight entreaty. "Do give me your word though, oh Seer to Satan, that you shall not pursue us and our Dragons?" The older of the two elves gasps at the word "Dragons", but remains there. The demon seems to ponder it for a moment, then nods, her hand still on the Tome. Mirayah shoots the other elves a glance, then leaves. The demon senses them retreat honestly, slowly making their way through the storm. They continue into the hills, supposedly towards their Dragons. Then they seem to fade out, like they just disappeared. The demon mentally shrugs, thinking that they probably doubled back into town to somewhere else, or that they had deliberately walked away from the Dragons to mislead her, then hid and made their way to the Dragons' real hiding place. Either way, they would not come back to the inn. They are beaten. Andrea notices that the two other elves have left. She doesn't care about them either. If they are meeting the DragonRiders, then Mirayah would warn them off.
Mirayah successfully hides herself and Ash, and they trudge backwards through the howling wind and rain. Limok growls at their approach, not out of challenge of identity but out of annoyance an reproach.
"Why did you not allow us to come? We could of crushed that puny demon and the vampire like so many flies! And we worry for you. Trouble follows you everywhere you go, and we feel as if we cannot leave you two alone for more than two minutes!" Limok scolds Mirayah with her mental voice. When Limok says "we", Mirayah knows that the Dragon means herself and her mate, Birul. Mirayah senses that Ash is being similarly chastised by his own Dragon. Mirayah takes shelter from the rain under Limok's half-stretched wing, and Ash follows suit, still talking to his Dragon. Mirayah pats her Dragon's slightly gravid womb, and she doesn't have to explain that. Limok knows perfectly well why not. Limok heaves the Dragon equivalent of a sigh, consenting to the truthfulness of Mirayah's point. By unspoken consent, the two Dragons fold their legs and dip their shoulders, forming a living staircase up to the saddles on each of their shoulders. But Mirayah waves them off, and they stand straight in confusion. She is to tired to shout, so she relays a message from Limok to Birul to Ash mentally. She tells her three companions that flying in a storm is too much for Limok, and they have to go back to town anyway. They are going to meet those two other elves. Mirayah could swear she knows the older one from somewhere. And they owe them an explanation, as well has somthing to the innkeeper. And their bags were still in the room in the inn, as well as their weapons. No, they were not done with this town yet.
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