[Lairan dragon caverns]

Draaxar is somewhat appeased by the answer. At least he won't be causing too much trouble then. His keen dragon ears had not failed to pick up the humans whispers to his niece. He was frightened, then?

Good. He was less troublesome when frightened. And if he could scare the small human even more, all the better. “Kestrel, I would talk to the human alone. Wait in your cavern.”

She snarls and clutches him a little tighter. “No. I'm not leaving him with you.”

“I will not hurt him. However, if it seems as though he's making my apprentice insolent, well, then he's a threat, isn't he?”

Kestrel doesn't move, remaining completely silent with her arms still around her human.