Although they hadn't killed the dragon, Ash had succeeded. As she walked back to Amber, she felt a sense of relief building inside of her as she looked down at the dragon eye in her hand. One that clashed with some other feeling, one that she refused to focus on.
Some curiosity did bubble up as she looked over at Sinneah and saw the woman's eyes low and melancholic. She hadn't talked at all about what happened back there, though Ash could piece together that at some point she'd picked her and her stuff up and left. Still, Sinneah had appeared fairly determined up until Ash had gone unconscious. She wondered if losing her as an ally during the fight had been enough to shake her confidence.
