Raine: Reni, let me take a look at those injuries. Some of them look pretty bad.
Reni: (thoughts) It's okay. I'll be fine, really.
Raine: Are you sure? Those stone things did a number on you. Especially that shoulder.
Reni: (thoughts) It's only superficial. I will heal quickly, especially if I conserve my energy by spending time in a smaller form.
Raine: Small form?
Reni: (thoughts) Yes. We dragons are creatures of magic. Our bodies are real, but our maximum size depends on how much magic we have.
Reni: (thoughts) Honestly, whatever Clovis used did more harm than any of those stone things did. It's actually a little straining for me to maintain this size right now. Only time will heal that.
Trace: Nora said something like that back on the island.
Red: Ngh
Trace: Something about being drained when the tower exploded. That's why she had to sleep. Though she didn't get any smaller.
Reni: (thoughts) Dragons as old as Nana Nora tend to keep themselves smaller than natural at all times for convenience. I suspect if I had been near that exploding tower... there'd be little left of me.
Reni: (thoughts) Which is why it concerns me that a wolf could have created a device capable of feeding off a dragon. I shudder to think what might have happened had you all not stopped him.
Trace: Hm...
