Dragons were thought to be extinct. The last of them were persuaded, long ago, to go into hiding and enter an enchanted sleep—until the day came when we no longer had to fear the Enemy.
[Until the promised king—him—arrived, but he doesn't say that part.]
As you know, that day still has not come, but the Enemy's reach is lesser now, at least. The few of us who know that the famine is not of natural means have been reawakening the dragons, for they are the only beings in Deltora powerful enough to destroy the Sisters.
... I suppose they are not so secret now that one has been sighted at the capital, but they have an ill reputation, however undeserved I feel it may be, and so we could hardly have told everyone about them before then.
[Life would be (mildly) easier if people in the capital would stop trying to kill the one ally he desperately needs, even if it's a little sweet that everyone is so ready to fight one of the strongest monsters in the country for his sake.]
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[Until the promised king—him—arrived, but he doesn't say that part.]
As you know, that day still has not come, but the Enemy's reach is lesser now, at least. The few of us who know that the famine is not of natural means have been reawakening the dragons, for they are the only beings in Deltora powerful enough to destroy the Sisters.
... I suppose they are not so secret now that one has been sighted at the capital, but they have an ill reputation, however undeserved I feel it may be, and so we could hardly have told everyone about them before then.
[Life would be (mildly) easier if people in the capital would stop trying to kill the one ally he desperately needs, even if it's a little sweet that everyone is so ready to fight one of the strongest monsters in the country for his sake.]