Called by the Dragon
She stopped to take a breath, but decided against continuing when she saw the half-amused, half-alarmed look in the girl’s eyes.
“…That’s…very nice,” said Violetta. “But, um…Listen.” She reached forward and patted Anzi on the shoulder. The gesture was so unexpected and foreign that she didn’t think to step away and dodge it. “So, I know you’re a soldier. They told me about that. But this isn’t…fighting, you know? It’s not war. It’s like fishing, you have to relax and flow with the current, or else you’ll be fighting the tide all day and no fish will bite.”
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