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	Jack liked Amber, or at least what he knew of her so far. Plus she was a blonde, green eyes, fair skinned, all the physical attributes he normally admired in a woman. Naturally, all that superficial crap was a bonus. So of course he was glad she came to see him at the Inn to apologize for the way she had previously treated him, which also meant that he could now get the leather work done that he wanted to get done. Well, that is if a little dragon didn’t stop things from running smoothly. 

When they entered in Amber’s shop and the door had closed behind them, Jack watched as Amber let out a massive sigh of relieve and turned to him with a wide smile, as if she were welcoming a family member home after not seeing them for a long time.  He found the whole situation very strange. 

‘Are they really that dangerous?’ He had to know. ‘I mean….’ He glanced back at the door as if to wonder if the small creature was about to break down the door at any moment. ‘…it isn’t any bigger than a small cat.’ 

Amber screwed up her face, wondering. ‘What’s a cat?’ 

‘Uh.. Never mind. Point is, the thing is small.’ 

Amber considered this, narrowing her eyes as she looked him up and down searchingly. ‘They think danger is relative to size where you come from?’ 

‘Well, no.’ Jack sighed, ‘But it makes a difference in many cases, sure. I mean look at the thing out there, how much damage could it possibly do?’

‘It attacked you,’ Amber pointed out as a matter of reference, ‘you should know.’ 

‘Yeah, that’s the point as well. It did attack me, and even though it was pretty damn savage, I wouldn’t go so far as to say that an entire town freezing in terror is justified.’ 

‘Hm…’ amber considered this too. ‘Interesting. Sounds like she went easy on you th– ‘ 

Amber was cut off by a short burst of commotion from outside. The sound of a woman screaming. A mans panicked cry. A horse riled up - the sound of its hooves stomping and the rumble of carriage wheels being dragged in its wake, passed Amber's house at a hasty pace. 

Jack swivelled, turned back towards the entrance of the shop. Amber froze for a moment, then rushed to the window beside the door to take a look.