Page 50 of The Dragon 2

"My. . .parents."

"Who you think are your parents."

"They raised me."

"But they did notbirthyou. Did they?"

"N-no."

"And how did they find you?"

She shook her head.

"Tell me."

She whispered. "My mother says. . .they found a large blue egg in the middle of the forest.”

His eyes widened in shock. “An egg. How. . .big was it?”

“My father says that the egg was the size of a big chair and just as wide.”

Shock covered his face.

He studied her for several silent seconds and then whispered, “Please. . .tell me more.”

“My parents had no idea what could have laid the egg, but they were poor and starving, so they took it home to eat. They both had to carry it.”

“Dear Gods. How could this be?” He grinned. “Tell me more.”

“But. . .”

“Please.”

“It took them a long time to carry the egg back home and then into the kitchen. Once they did, they set the fire for the oven and gathered tons of tools to crack it open. But then the egg began to crack on its own—"

"It was the heat from the oven that triggered theBecoming."

"The becoming?"

"Yes, little one."

She shivered. "What am I?"

"What did your parents say came out of the egg?"

"A little brown baby. Me."

"Intriguing."

"What am I?"

"I cannot tell you, because your brain would not allow it. But. . ."

She raised her brows.

"I could show you, little one."

Her voice trembled. "Why do you smell like Korin?"