"I'd never," Gareth assured her parents emphatically. Waking the little Dragon children seemed like a crime of the highest order to him--especially when they were being so kind to them already. And Zagan hadn't even tossed him off a cliff yet. Speaking of whom, he looked like he was gearing up to grill Gareth on any of a hundred things... but before he could, Winter tugged him away.

The two of them walked in a direction Gareth hadn't explored yet, instantly filling him with excitement... although soon it became evident why. They walked towards giant doors, about twice as tall as Winter at least, easily dwarfing both of them. "Is this..." he asked, not needing to finish the sentence: "the clutch." His eyes were wide and already bright at the expectation of meeting a real, baby dragon! Another milestone he never would have imagined.

"...How do we get in?"