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"Right. Of course." Nanori said lightly. She then did another bow, "I'll be taking by leave now."

She turned herself around and walked out of his chambers for the second time in just a few minutes.

Varthan yawned again "Too polite, that girl" he muttered

Once Nanori left, Ialu smiled slyly and flawlessly went into a bow so deep it would have been difficult to tell if it were mocking or serviant before his master. "My Lord." He said monotonically, and raised himself before Varthan gave him any order either way. "You have some visitors. Quite a few, in fact. There's a girl of my age, no real threat I believe. She's curious, and going along with the crowd. A man, 25, by the name of Jason... or so he believes himself." As usual, Ialu left off much of the information that he had deduced from his journey 'out' - he had a fondness of keeping as much to himself as he could manage to without getting in trouble with his master.

Ialu's eyes took on a slight mischevious glow, barely noticeable behind the sheen which covered them, and the silvery hair covering the whole. "Of course there is, Master Black. I have already described two of them to you." The 'them' was, of course, purposeful. He knew damn well that Varthan had recieved Ciara's message, and that he then knew that he was witholding that much information from him - at least. Not to mention his open-ended statement about Jason. Really, what he spoke of and what he kept silent was carefully calculated. He had mentioned the most vague infomation he could about the two people entering into his master's territory there for the purpose of hunting the dragon, and had therefore fulfilled his duty to the extent of telling the Black what he absolutely needed to know.

"Lying?" Ialu demanded, tilting his head to one side. "But my Lord, I would never lie to you. After all, you could kill me easily." Of course, this was true. Because of Varthan's power over him, Ialu really would never lie to the dragon (about most matters.) It was merely a matter of telling a limited amount of the truth. "But if you want me to leave, I'm afraid you'll have to get me some help. Unless you had any other questions?" He left his true request unspoken - Varthan would have to be more specific before Ialu would say anything more. And Ialu knew that he probably would. Although the dragon could easily track down his opponents without help, it made things much easier if he didn't even have to capture them to interrogate them.

((If Varthan said 'else,' he would have told him. I'll go back to then, I suppose.))

"Yes, in fact." Ialu responded. "I believe you've already heard one of them - another dragon. She means no threat to you, as I suppose was obvious in that she alerted you to her presence at all. Her name is Ciara. There's a sorcerous named Tai of similar intent. She's curious about your relationship with the humans who serve you, I think. Her intentions were muddled. The man I mentioned earlier, Jason, is a dragon as well. He lost his memory some time ago, and therefore is unaware of this. He seems to have some personal vendetta against his own kind... I'm not sure why, he keeps it very well guarded. Is this a satisfactory report, my lord?" He asked, rather sarcastically. Varthan rarely got that much information out of Ialu all at once, but seeing as his master was already irritated, he decided to play it safe.

Ialu sighed, closing his eyes. "I have told you, my Lord, this is all that I know. I am not so accomplished as to break past mental barriers that someone doesn't even know they put up. If it is of Ciara you speak, I can supply you with more information, but there is a great deal to tell and I do not know what you want to hear."