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Lying down felt like heaven, Leon concluded as he nearly melted into the floor. Sure, it was uncomfortable and something sharp was digging into his spine, but who cared when you had something flat to lie on? He inspected the cave’s ceiling, wondering what lay beyond the tons of rock that stood above his head. The sky probably, with its glorious selection of weirdly-shaped clouds. It was something Leon preferred far more to the dull grey expanse of rock but if it meant protection from the elements and the great winged beasts that resided atop the mountain, he would bear it. 

He was dimly aware of the rest of the humans arriving and several moments later, he lazily raised his head a few inches to inspect the rest of his companions. They looked no worse than him and the group he fell with, minus Hakuren. The boy still hadn’t recovered, and lay in a corner still looking worse for wear. As much as Hakuren’s perceptiveness bothered him, Leon hoped he would make a full recovery – after all, Hakuren was his closest ‘friend’ here. 

Speaking of friends, he heard Riley mention his name – he had already come to terms with being called ‘Windy’ – and turned his head towards the girl, careful to keep his precious crown attached to his head. After all, it wouldn’t be any good for it to roll away. Nor did he have any energy to go rushing after the crown. 

“You were pretty cool yourself, knocking off the orc’s armband like that,” Leon replied. After all, if she hadn’t smashed the armband off, who knew where they would be right now. Probably still butting heads with the orc. 

A roar shook the confines of the cave and Leon started, but did not get up. It didn’t sound distant – distant roars were scary enough, bearing a promise of something unpleasant but roars in close proximity were decidedly worse. Eventually he was forced to get up, as Avian and Victoria ushered them behind two boulders with alarming urgency. Avian had dragged them behind this boulder and Leon sighed at the inconvenience of all this. Just as he had started to relax and feel his mind wander, a dragon had to come calling. 

Watching Riley rush out from behind the boulder towards the dragon, all Leon initially did was blink. Was the girl nuts? How could someone possibly rush at a fire-breathing oversized serpent with such zeal? Peering out from behind the boulder, Leon looked around for the massive form he expected yet he was met with none. In its place was a fluffy little dragon, similar in appearance to the clouds he had just been dreaming of moments prior. 

He was [url=http://img1.ak.crunchyroll.com/i/spire4/04242008/b/b/e/c/bbec126083b880_full.gif]gobsmacked[/url]. 

Concluding that Riley was in no immediate danger from the poofy little serpent, Leon turned towards Avian, face expressionless. “Are you kidding me? That thing is as dangerous as the teddy I had when I was four.” He finished his statement by walking out from behind the boulder, a few meters away from Riley and directly in the dragons’ line of sight.