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The sky over the Milliways outdoors is blue and picturesque and scattered with fluffy clouds. There might be the occasional bird flying around, whether a patron or a forest animal. Also, you know, there's that big dragon gliding by.

Wait. Dragon?

Wait. What? appears to be the dragon's reaction too, at least if anyone around is good at reading draconic body language. It (she) soars in a great and wary circle, surveying the ground before landing warily by the lake.

She's huge, with green scales (properly brushed and polished, thank you) just beginning to go gray at the edges, and three horns (the third, stubbier than the others, in the middle of her forehead), and a quantity of extremely sharp teeth. "Now," she says to herself, "this is new."

(Meanwhile, whether or not anyone's noticed, the Milliways forest just got a little bigger.)

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"Could be it's will of the gods on who can enter through the doorways and who can't." Her voice is thoughtful as she says this. After all, the gods were very much a part of real life for her. "The Bar herself is alive, I know that much, but I don't know who her original creator is."

Really, she's actually impressed with herself on how calm she is while talking with such a large dragon. This creature could easily swallow her up without taking a break, and her weapon was blunted so she couldn't exactly do much damage with it.

"I'm Gyda Ragnarsdottir."

Dragons don't go in much for gods. (Nor does anyone in Kazul's canon, really, at least onscreen.) Kazul lets that one pass, mostly out of bemusement about the entire thing.

"Pleasure to meet you, Gyda." She more or less means it; the situation is annoying, but Gyda is a polite and sensible child. "I'm Kazul."

"Will you introduce me to this Bar?"

It's more of a command than a question, mostly because Kazul is still irritated at the appearance of a Milliways in the middle of the Enchanted Forest, but she takes the time to phrase it politely.

The reality of having to introduce this Kazul to the Tavern left Gyda stiffening a little. For all the dragon seemed..well, she seemed reasonable, she was still a dragon and even she would've reacted badly had she not heard the dragon talk first.

"Before I do, there are some rules about the Tavern that everyone has to follow." Everyone, not just dragons. "One rule is that there can't be any violence within Bar, even if they're from home and you two have a grudge against eachother. There are people who stand as security, some of them possessing magic, who are meant to keep the peace."

She fought to keep her feet steady. She was twelve years old, too old to not show courage. "Not that you look to the sort to start a fight, but, most aren't used to seeing or dealing with dragons. I'm just warning you so you don't immediate offense."

Kazul smiles, lazily. "I like you, little Gyda. You've got sense."

This is fairly high praise from her, really.

"I'll be patient with any fools we find."

She does mean it, though that may or may not be clear. Gyda's a child, and Kazul does indeed like her.

Complimented by a dragon, that was one for the stories.

"Then, I can show you the tavern, but..truthfully I don't know if you'll fit. The place is magic, but I've only ever seen humans inside, never anyone larger." They'll see when they got there atleast. "Would you mind if I walked beside you?"

Polite as the dragon was, the stories always showed that caution was a good ally if the hero had nothing else.

"If they're going to drop a doorway in my flight path, they certainly ought to put a spell on the building," Kazul says, a little waspishly.

The crankiness is not directed at Gyda, though.

"Of course you may. Where else would you walk?"

She'll walk very slowly, since her legs are longer than Gyda's entire body. But she's had practice at that.

"In front of you." Or, much as one can, but still, her size was such that she couldn't really trust to have her back completely to the dragon.

Gyda waited until she started onward and started walking with her, keeping her steps as wide as possible to keep up. Even with Kazul being aware, it's still something of a rush-which is alright with Gyda, she doesn't mind a little fast walking. "Maybe there is a spell, but I couldn't tell you for certain. The Bar is magic and has a mind of its own, so maybe it'll suit its size for you."

"Let's see."

If Kazul were feeling crankier, she'd be just fine with shoving her head through the wall if the doorway proved uncooperative, but she's probably not going to do that now.

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