'You are forgetting something.' Queen Ielania teased her, 'Each of these talismans that you have seen so far and will find at other places were created to train the one that inherits it how to become a dragon. So as soon as you and any that the other talismans choose learn how to assume dragon form, you could each be able to be chosen as the next Queen or King!'
'I would love to be able to figure this out and be able to transform into a dragon,' Maelyn told her, 'but I don't know if I would be the best choice for Queen of a whole country!'
'I think differently!' the Queen objected, 'From what I have seen and heard happening above me while I was still in the talisman, I think you would make a better Queen than I was!