Chapter 35: Offices & Tests
"So, giants are real?" asked Misha.
"As well as big dragons," replied Bran.
"I’d like to meet a dragon..." mused Misha. "I mean, another dragon. I know I’m a dragon."
"Don’t worry. You’ll get your chance," said Bran.
They walked through a lobby-like area at the base of the building and Bran led the way to a set of lifts being looked after by a bored looking guard with four heads. All heads looked equally bored though Misha suspected the on the far left was more trying to fit in than actually bored. There was a ’ding’ as one of the lift doors opened and the guard raised one of its arms in its general direction.
Bran and Misha, along with a handful of other people all got into the small box, pressed their buttons, and, to Misha’s surprised, rattled down the shaft.
"Do you know any dragons?" Misha asked quietly.
"I know at least one," Bran replied. "Who’s not you," he added after seeing Misha ramp up for another question.
The lift dinged, the doors opened, and a winged man and a human sized snake got out. Slowly, the lift emptied until it was just Bran and Misha and a being who was about fifty-percent transparent. Misha tried not to stare but couldn’t help it when the ’ghost’ finally levitated its way through the doors of the lift, leaving the pair alone.
A minute or so later, the lift finally arrived at their floor and Misha was about to ask a question about how far down they were when the doors opened, revealing the answer to at least part of his question.
The space immediately around the lift was relatively small, just a few metres square, but that was understandable as there were enormous panes of glass that looked directly out into water. It reminded Misha of an aquarium he’d gone to years ago and he couldn’t help grabbing the edge of Bran’s shirt.