Sunny and Kai slept like dead men in the warm cradle of ash. This time, there was no manor of shadows to shelter them — Sunny was too hurt and exhausted to raise one, and did not feel the need to do it either.
They woke up from the sounds of the dragon roaring at the setting sun. The volcano Sunny had destroyed was now a mountain once again… granted, the mountain seemed crooked and low, not at all as tall and magnificent as the snowy peaks that surrounded it.
He was faintly glad to have left a scar on the realm of Ariel's Game.
The Shrine of Truth was now encased in ice and hidden in the depths of the mountain. The dragon rested on the peak, baring its fangs at the falling sun, as if warning it not to come closer.
The sun, of course, paid it no heed.
Sunny studied the distant peak for a while, then looked at Kai and asked in a tone of contemplation:
"Do you think all dragons come from Sun God?"
