Chapter 217: Doubts About Aquis
"The will of the fire is the force of nature that controls natural fire. It directs the flames as it burns. Seeking out anything that it can consume. As it is the nature of fire to consume," Aquis replied. "I've only just thought of this, but Im wondering if those abominations are like the will of the fire, except for the fact that they don't behiave like natural fire. At times what they decide to burn almost seems capriciously determined."
"In other words, like a kind of dark fire?" Elmo asked.
Aquis looked at Elmo for a minute before giving a slight nod. "I suppose that would be one way of looking at it. That the abominations are made up of the darker nature of the flames, " Aquis answered, sounding rather thoughtful. More than he had before and Elin wasn't sure this would be a good thing.
For her, the dragon had seemed like an imposing figure that was dangerous. Now it almost seemed like it was just like one of her tutors. Much different of an impression than she'd had from the dragon a few minutes ago.
The difference made her feel rather uneasy. Like if they got too complacent around the dragon, that it would turn on them, much like the flames that they'd been talking about. It really didn't sit well with her.
"You mentioned about how the fire dragons will burn things in an almost capricious manner," Jonas remarked. "How is that different from regular fire?"
Elin wished they'd let these things go. She wasn't interested in them herself, but it felt like everyone else around her was treating the dragon like he was a servant that they could make a simple request and expect it to be fulfilled. Not like he was something that could decide to attack them later on for reasons only known to himself.
"Regular, or natural fire will only burn what's around it. However, a fire dragon will start fires and move on, with no means to predict where it'll end up. Then when it does land, it will begin starting new fires, and will continue on without any reason."
Elin couldn't put her finger on it, but there was something about what this dragon was saying didn't make sense to her. Almost like he was merely making some of this up as he went along. Which she couldn't understand why she was the only one who seemed to realize something wasn't right.