"Dreary is not the word for it. Eely is more like it."
"Save it you two. This is important. My Kids….I mean….Upfronts Kids are here, and as their friend, and also as their protector, I am here to return them....safe...…and sound."
"What about us, safe and sound?"
"Don't you worry your sweet little peels off. I'll let you live another day....maybe two."
*Gulp*
"What uhhh…..what…..ummm…..Would you have us do?"
"Nothing much, but I do need all of you to help out.
LOCK THE CHILDREN INSIDE. DON'T LET THE DRAGONS NEAR. THE REST OF YOU.....COME WITH ME."
"Ruby, most of us can't fight. What about the Women and Aged? They can't lift a sword, let alone use it to plunge."
"I didn't ask you to lift a sword."
"Then what are you asking of us?"
"DO ANY OF YOU KNOW WHERE THE DRAGON LAID?"
"Ruby, even if some of us remembered, they are not going to say. They are more scared of it than you. This….is not....your Kingdom."
"..........Hmmmm...Your right."
This isn't my home, it's yours."
"Thank you."
"So, it would do me a great honor to bestow upon anyone who baits and tracks this Dragon next time he feast."
"OFFER UP ANOTHER ONE OF OUR CHILDREN FOR FOOD!!!!!!!!!!!!
I RATHER DIE."
"YEAAHHHH….."
"YEAHHHHHHHH."
"YEAHHHHHH!!!!!!"
"PEOPLE...I will provide the bait. I just need one of you to provide the means to follow."
"WHY CAN'T YOU?"
"YEAHHH..."
"YEAHHHHH…."
"YEAHHHHHH.
WHY CAN'T YOU?"
"There's more to a plan than just tracking and killing. While one of you tracks, you will report back where it is, and any vegetation around. Are they in an open field, closed off private, the woods, or high above?"
"WHAT WILL YOU BE..."
".....I......….I can track this Monster."
"Who said that? Please come forth."
"Excuse me, coming through. Coming through. Excuse me, coming through."
"Hold a minute. I know that voice."
"Ruby, I offer my services and my Car to go catch this beast."
"Horse, nooooo."
"And what is your name, my good man?"
"Horseradish is the name. Tracking is the game."
"Horseradish, noo. I just met you. I can't leave you now."
"Darius, my boy. It is so good to see you again; but I must set an example."
"What example? You've already set one.....for me."
"Darius, if I have set one, please follow it; but it's not just you that needs to see an example. They start with a G....an S...a T.....and any others I miss."
"They have already learned their lesson, Radish. Please don't make them have to see it."
"But they do. We are judged not by our words alone but actions performed.
Tell me where to go, Ruby."