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Chapter twelve

Taiga stirred in her sleep, her eyes slowly blinking awake. Taiga looked around drowsily, she noticed Kinkajou was gone, probably checking on Tamarin.

Taiga looked to Moon, Moon was also awake, stretching her wings put.
" Morning, " Taiga raised her voice a little so Moon could hear her.

" Oh - Uhm, Morning, Taiga.. " Moon said. Taiga hopped out of her hammock, and nudged Moon's side, but due to how much bigger Taiga was, Moon was almost knocked over.

" Oops- Sorry.. " Taiga said.

" Let's go look for the culprit. " Moon said with a determined look, they folded their wings and started walking out the door when they collided into Qibli.

" Don't say anything, " he said quickly as they stumbled back.
" Not yet, give me a chance. Listen, I'm sorry about anything you've heard in my head. I wish I could shut it off or that I was a nicer dragon on the inside, but I guess it's too late and you already know how I am. I don't know what it's like for you - I would think confusing - but at least you must know I'm not the one who caused the explosion yesterday. And I think that's the most important thing, and you're the dragon who has the best chance of figuring it out, so I'm here to help you, is what I wanted to say. "

" Why do you think I can figure it out? " she asked, although she could guess.

" Isn't that what your powers are for? " Qibli said, " If I could read minds and
see the future, that's what I would do - stop bad dragons before they hurt anyone - or, in this case, hurt anyone else, I suppose. Why else would you be able to do what you can do? Don't you think that's why you have them? "

Taiga nodded thoughtfully, that was a good way to think about it, she would do the same if she had those powers.

" Of course, " she said. " Yes. I was thinking the same thing - I want to help. But I don't know where to start. "

" And I'm here to help to, remember Moon, you can trust us. " Taiga smiled at her, giving her a gentler nudge then earlier.

" How does it work? " he asked. " Can you just dig around in a dragon's brain and find out anything you want? "

Moon shook her head. " It's more like walking into a room and hearing a conversation; I think I pick up whatever is going through a dragon's brain when I'm near them. Sometimes it's clear, linear thoughts, and sometimes
it's a jumble of words, and sometimes it's pictures, and I get a lot of emotions, too. Sometimes it's so strong that it's hard to tell what I'm feeling myself. And it's always louder and stronger when I'm touching someone. " She reached out unconsciously to demonstrate, and he shied away from her.

Moon dropped her talons. " Sorry, I didn't mean to - "

" It's all right, sorry, " he said, shifting guiltily at the hurt look on her face.
" I have to get used to this. "

" I know. " Moon said.

" So the bad guy would have to be thinking about what he's done in order
for you to catch him, " Qibli said. " But they must be, right? After killing two dragons, wouldn't that be all you could think about? "
Moon rearranged the scrolls in the rack by the door. " Apparently not. I haven't heard anything clear like
that yet. " She hesitated. " But there are a couple of dragons here whose
thoughts I can't hear, Onyx, Peril - sometimes a thought gets through, but it's all fire in there. And...Turtle. "

" Turtle? " Qibli echoed. " He can shield his thoughts from you? "

" If you heard that, don't listen
to it. I like Turtle. I don't mean to be mean. He can't be the one who did this,
right? Peril, maybe. Onyx... I don't know anything about her. I don't think
she was in the Scorpion Den, or I'd at least have heard of her. "