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[There is a very disgruntled dragon peering at the camera. She’s a bit of a terrifying sight, being large and red and spiky and ...well, there’s definitely steam coming out of those spikes. She leans close and nudges the screen carefully with her nose, then settles back.]

This place seems very dull to me, I cannot imagine why I was brought here if there is nothing interesting, at all, going on. There is not even a proper aerial corps or a navy, so how is one supposed to gain capital? It is very rude to be snatched up out of one’s home, you know, and placed upon the back of a large turtle without so much as a by-your-leave. [There’s a bit of a huff, and steam obscures the camera for a moment, and then Iskierka has subsided into a sulky pile of curls.]

Granby will certainly be asking after me, even if what the people say here is so, that we are in-between. [And there’s another annoyed little grumble. She has never had patience for this sort of thing.]

I have already lost track of him once, I shall not do so again. Pray, has anyone seen a tall, dark-haired man about? He would be in a fine coat -- gold braid and green, and he is called John Granby. Tell him Iskierka is looking for him, and she is quite alright, but I should like to see him. If you are keeping him from me, I will find him.

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Are all the dragons of your world quite as impressive as you?

[ either he's a flatterer or he knows how to talk to dragons. both, maybe. ]

[She puffs up her chest a little.] Certainly none of the ones I know are.

I don't doubt it. Your visage may even exceed that of the dragons of my people.

[ an unspoken "but that's not very likely." ] --and in this Granby fellow, it seems you have people as well. Is this normal where you're from?

[She is very much preening, now.] Of course it is, every dragon has a captain, excepting those that are in the breeding grounds or ferals.

Aah, similar to my world, then.

Except that we are brother and sister, rather than captain and... [ vessel? way to be offensive. what is even the right word here? ] ...Dragon.

I suppose it might be like being brother and sister, I do not know. I do not know if I have any.

Well, I know that if there was the slightest bit of hope that my dragon sister were here, she would've also been the first thing I asked about on the network.

[ his kindly smile falters some. ] I'm sorry, I'm afraid I haven't seen your captain.

No-one else has, either, but Temeraire's is here. I suppose Laurence is as good as anything, even if he is not Granby.

You suppose? [ a pause -- why settle? ] Well, nothing says he won't show up later down the road.

[ and then, politely: ] Aah, my name is Qilby. It's a pleasure to finally meet another dragon-- Iskierka, was it?

Well, yes, but -- [An anxious twitch of her tail.] What if he is hurt, without me? Granby is very prone to accidents. [She would be pacing if she could manage it, in her apartments.]

Yes, I am Iskierka.

[ he nods. ] If what they tell us is true, time stands still in our home universe relative to this one. Meaning however we return, it'll be to a world that hasn't missed our presence. I'm sure your captain is safe without you.

[ a sympathetic look. ] Not that it's much consolation, I know.

Oh, I do not know. [She would much rather have him safe and sound and wound up in one of her curls, where she can keep an eye on him, thank you very much.]

But thank you, I suppose.

[ shaking his head. ]

It's as much for my own reassurance as it is for yours. We all have people we've left behind.

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video. missed this while i was on vacation! lemme know if it's too late. ;;

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