[When she spoke, it was in short bursts of words at a time, like her thoughts were arranging themselves right at the moment.]

People had some problem explaining what happened, at first. Either the witnesses died or didn't understand. Those dragons couldn't be spoken to or reasoned with.

[Kaede's shoulders twitched, reminded of the scars on her back one of the damn things carved there.]

When they flew off, we found a way into Gisela Towers. There was a dragon in there that we could talk to. He seemed surprised that the other ones were there. Something about not intervening.

[...and then she helped kill him and cut his heart out, but details.]