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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Gray Shade" data-source="post: 2618520" data-attributes="member: 32340">The Dragon StirsThe miners all back up as The Padre motions them.Dentmus gets his spell cast, and Lars' wounds close.Haakon puts the waterskin to the creatures bloodied lips and after a moment it gives a sudden *COUGH!* which makes everyone jump and makes spit spray onto Haakon.  It's eyes flutter open and then go wide, the pupils dilated at first, then returning to their usual dragon's slits and focusing in on Haakon's face.  The rest of its body doesn't move.  It then speaks in a hoarse and incredibly deep voice.Lars, Haakon, The Padre, and Dentmus:[sblock]"Excuse me," it says to Haakon in Dwarven, its breath like rotting meat, "you seem to be kneeling on my hand."[/sblock]Stunned, Haakon leans back away from it a bit and its body shifts.  One arm moves some, then another, then the back legs one at a time, then each wing, then its hindquarters, tail, shoulders and neck.  It winces varying degrees for each part of its body.  It then looks over its shoulder back at White Mountain.  It scans it up high with brilliant eyes, then looks into the mine entrance and down at the town.  Finally, it speaks again.Lars, Haakon, The Padre, and Dentmus:[sblock]"Who are you people?  This is your language, is it not?" it says in Dwarven.[/sblock]Before anyone can answer, it speaks again.Dentmus and Kah:[sblock]"Or is it this?" it says in Sylvan.[/sblock]And again.Everyone:[sblock]"Or this?" it says in common. (don't know why I sblocked this one  <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /> )[/sblock]And again.Kah:[sblock]"Or . . . anyone?  Hello?" it says in Gnoll.[/sblock]*     *     *Deuce Traveler: Lars is healed for <a href="http://invisiblecastle.com/find.py?id=159303" target="_blank">8 points.</a></blockquote>

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