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Marifra sighed, half running half jogging behind her employers' pure white horses, letting the butt of her spear drag along in the dirt as she did so. She was having trouble catching her breath, and the other escort, a very disheveled looking elf, looked as if he was also having a hard time keeping up the pace of the horses. Laughter and light conversation trickled off the backs of the horses and trailed behind. Usually, Marifra would listen, and nod and agree politely with the humans. This time, however, she was very distracted.

Ever since the humans had been planning to visit this 'dragon festival' Marifra had felt rather- strange. She was used to escorting the humans to all sorts of 'festivals,' but she had felt particularly drawn to this one and she couldn't really figure out why. Besides technology, dragons and the lore surrounding them was the most fascinating thing to her. A small smile tugged at the edges of her lips as a very fond memory came to mind. Her and her friends back in the dwarven village always pretended to be dragons. She had always been the wind dragon, since that was the only magic she was actually comfortable at using.

"Please!" the elf blurted, interrupting Marifra's train of thought, "We've been running all day! Can we stop and rest!" he had always been bold with the humans. They were very kind, though, and treated us nicely.

"Ah, yes sorry about that!" The plump human man said, running a hand over his thick black mustache. "How about you two stop and rest up there, and we'll make the rest of the trip alone? We're only ten minutes from the town! We can meet up later tonight."

"Ten minutes?" the elf pondered, "In that case, I'll just make the rest of the trip."

"If you don't mind," Marifra huffed, "I'll take you up on that offer!" she said her farewells, then slowed to a content walk, taking deep breaths. As she caught her breath, she started enjoying the walk. Up ahead, she noticed two individuals laying on the ground next to each other, and narrowed her eyes. They were probably also heading to the dragon festival.