"What do we do now, Ruby? Dad's journal is not helping us much. Just shows a nest of fruits and vegetables around. Dragon's a meat eater, not a healthnut."
"That's probably why he hid there. Nobody would be smart enough to look there."
"Where?"
"......CHOPPED!!!!!!"
"King Morando….what….uh…..what are you doing here?"
"Pleased to meet you again too."
"Wait, where's mother?"
"She's in Nayshs care now. No need to worry. She won't be going anywhere, but if we are going to do this, we need to stop somewhere to make a plan."
"I can't go back to my Kingdom. I'm hunted."
"What about the house we are in?"
"......Can't."
"Can't? I can teleport us there right now."
"No. Please…..just no."
"Morando, is their something that you're not telling us?"
"Daddy?"
".......She fought well, and saved all she could."
"Noooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!! SAY IT'S NOT SO. SAY IT."
"....It is so.
.......Ruby, she thinks you were the cause."
"I may have been the cause, but I was not the culprit. Didn't mean for any of this to happen."
"In her mind, it doesn't care who you were. The damage is done."
"Maybe it doesn't have to be. We can still fly back and save her."
"No."
"No?"
"If people see your powers, they will be worse than me wanting you to plant the Tree. You won't be able to walk again."
"So we just let her sleep?"
"She has already roade a miraculous day, and now it is time for her to tune in. I'm sorry. It was never her choice to trust you, but mine."
"Morando, don't say that. Everyone has a choice, and she was fully away of what hers was for trusting Ruby."
"You're right, Mrs. Heartchild.....but part of me wishes we chose different."
"Don't crumble like a Violet before me, Morando. I know you tougher than that."
"....Then maybe you don't know me at all.
Have you ever lost someone you held dear?"
"My parents."
"Which ones?"
"Both!!!!!!!!!"
"EVERYBODY LOOK OUT!!!!!!"
"Wuuuyaaaaaaagggh."
"Is that….fire?"
"From the sky?"
"We must be getting close."
"We need to dock. The lightning is getting too strong."
"WHAT?"
"I said, 'WE NEED TO DOCK'. I CAN HARDLY SEE ANYTHING."
"WHERE?"
"......OVER THERE? I SEE A CLEARING. FOLLOW ME."
"WHERE? I can't see you?"
"Don't worry.
Drago, light the way.
FOLLOW THE STRING OF FIRE!!!!!!"