Part 833: Nowi B

Oh, darn. It's not here, either. Where can it be?

.....

Oh, hello, Mother. Have you seen my dragonstone anywhere?

D-dragonstone? Er, NO! Not a clue! I have no idea. Nope. None whatsoever.

...You're a terrible liar.

B-but I'm NOT lying. Ha ha. Ah ha...ha?

*Sigh* All right, Mother. What did you do with it?

Nothing! ...I, er, just decided to look after it, is all.

Give it back! Honestly, how am I supposed to train without it?

Oh, training, schmaining! Let's have some fun instead.

I don't want to have fun. I want to get stronger. If I don't, I'll never help win this war or earn my place in this army.

Er...

If I'm not helping people, then what's the point of even having me around? No real human wants to be friends with a half person who can't look after herself.

Is that what you're worried about? But I'M here-and I'm a manakete! You don't have to prove something to the humans to be here with us. Manakete, taguel, human-everyone in this army is equal and in it together!

You truly believe that?

I do. And more importantly, you're still very young for a manakete. You can't overuse the dragonstone. It's far too powerful for one your age.

It's true that after a day of training I tend to feel terribly weak...

I'm going to give it back to you, but I don't want to see you hurting yourself. You must promise to only use it during actual battle. Do you hear me?

All right, Mother. I swear to use it more responsibly from now on.