>>5577568>>5577627>>5577672"I'll try to be a good friend to your son. You don't need to ask me, I was going to anyway,"
Was he asking? Eh, doesn't matter.
"Friends." Ao Shun growls the words on a gust of air, "He does not need playmates. He needs minders! I do not understand why an entire school cannot mind him! But I am grateful for your assistance, Izzy Skenazy."
"He doesn't seem like a bad person." you say.
"Better he be a good dragon than a good person."
"Well, I'm sure one day he will do you proud."
"He shall. One day, he will be a fine dragon. Of that I have no doubt. It is the wait for his maturation that is tiring."
"Can we go now..." the gate grumbles.
You walk toward the Monster-gate, and wonder what's going to be on the other side. "Have a good day, sir." you bid the Dragon King farewell.
Ah, darn! You called him sir again!
.....
The instant you step through the gate you find yourself on the shaded walls of an Oriental palace. Sapphire colored waters gently course beneath the stone banks, and upon closer inspection, you see each stone is carved in the shape of a dragon scale.
"Wellll..." a tiny dwarf with a long white beard and a Burger King crown sits on a red handrail. "...I hope you aren't upset about not going directly back to Earth, I figured we had a few things to talk about first. You aren't missing though, we're deep enough in the Astral that there's a time difference. Not a second's gone by on Earth."
>What do we say? 