Karl settled in to sit by the damaged System Stones, where nobody could actually reach him to bother him, and where he could try to compare the inscriptions on the damaged stones to the ones that he already knew.
If they were largely similar, he could just translate the old ones to the new language and get most of the benefits for no extra work.
The crowd gasped as Dana walked through the barrier to come sit by Karl, and then laughed as one of the Elders ran into it like a solid wall.
"Well, that settles it. The barrier hasn’t failed. It’s just decided to let the Avatar and his wife in."
"We’re soul bonded. It’s only natural that it lets us both through if it allows one." Dana informed him.
"Right. Didn’t know that."
Dana set out a blanket and lay with her head in Karl’s lap while he studied. It was the perfect spot to meditate, as Karl constantly radiated power, especially here where he didn’t restrain his aura.
No, that wasn’t right. Karl did restrain his aura. He tried to make it less threatening, which reduced the intensity to near the level of everyone around him.
It wasn’t quite as comfortable as his Cat Demon form, but Karl’s hand massaging her head wasn’t half bad, and Dana was asleep only minutes later.
Meditation was overrated anyhow.
The sun in her eyes woke Dana up later in the day, and she found that she was still lying on Karl, but now she had a small white dragon curled up in her arms.
"Brother Chin? When did you get here?" She whispered.
The little dragon opened one eye, made a vague claw gesture, then fell asleep again.
"He came in on Cara’s back earlier while you were sleeping. He was upset that I left him outside the barrier when I went exploring the ruins."
The little dragon snorted in annoyance and cracked open an eye again.
{This is the only place safe to hide. I live in the temple.}
Dana waited for him to continue, but the dragon was back to napping, while Karl chuckled.
"The temple has dozens of Green Dragons, and Green Dragon Clerics. Plus, Min has been coming by every half hour to see if he’s still here. They’re all obsessed with the tiny dragons."
"And so he found a loophole to let him hide in the one spot they can’t get to him?"
"The rooms at the temple aren’t private to other Clerics." Karl agreed.
Dana smiled. "You know, you could let him hide in the Tiny World."


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