He still hoped to provoke her, trying to avoid telling of his reasons for her to kill him. He had no wish to relive it.

"Just eat me you stupid foul brute."

She got up, for a moment his hopes rose she was finally going to do it? But no she turned from him peering into the darkness,

"I will not think to eat fithy man . . . come with me"

She turned to lead the way down a dark passage. Chuckling gently as she went, her breath coming in short sharp huffs.

To Brago she sounded angry, good, then he would go with her. Stupid beast, if he had not meant to be eaten he could so easily have run away, didn't she know she should have made him go first. Dragon's are sooo very stupid, still this one would do, he felt satisfied that it would soon be over.

She had stopped suddenly unsure of the way, Brago unable to see walked on, smack into her scaled rear.

"Ouch! What the?!!"