"Why?" Lith asked with a pained whine.
"Because you're still 19. You are young and small. An adult Phoenix always reaches at least 30 meters and so do Dragons." She replied.
"Then I definitely must go to those ruins. Even a single ingot of Adamant can make the difference and I need hundreds of them!" Lith said in frustration.
"Wish you luck. I'll be waiting for both the good news and your arrival. Bye." Salaark hung up the call with a huge smile on her face.
'Gods, I've yet to find a single Dragon that I can't play like a fiddle. Their logic and calculations about risk and rewards make them so easily predictable whereas a Phoenix is more emotional but also less straightforward in their way of thinking.' She thought.
"If it's of any consolation, I did something similar back when I became fifty." Lenanna spoke with her own voice now that Salaark was gone. "It's not that bad and there's no telling what you can find."
Aalejah is the cameo for my dear reader and friend Jyochi. Hope you like her, mate.