"I have been hoping you would return," the dragon says, then beams. "Oh, you have my scale with you, excellent! I take it you encountered no danger on your recent trip?" "Nothing of significance." Inric puts his book down and turns. "Has your business gone well?" "It proceeds," Nazarchtharin says, which is not really an answer. "But I am here to ask if a relative of mine may visit the Great Library?"