When Zert finally awoke later in the day he was feeling hungry. So after
getting dressed he headed to the dining hall to get some food. But
enroute he was stopped by someone from the warren telling him that the
Warrenlady wanted to see him. He was wondering why she needed to see him
when his memory was jarred by him walking into a wall. The teaching job
he thought whilst rubbing his, now sore, nose. I need to pay more
attention to what I'm doing was his next thought as he narrowly missed a
doorway. Boy, today wasn't turning out to well for him at all. So
skipping the food for now he headed straight, he hoped, for her office.
Breaking out one of his journal he looked it over for any information or
directions or even a map of the few places he'd been inside the warren.
After flipping a few more pages he found himself the few directions he
would need to get there.

After a knock on the door he entered, looking around the office once
again. He would have to ask the Warrenlady about some of the stuff in
here one day. She was asking him about the apartment he had found and
now occupied. He was having a hard time with this discussion for
numerous reasons the main one being the pain in his arm, good thing he
had found a long sleeve shirt. He really wouldn't know how to explain
the wound. Also that girl who visited him this morning. And that other
queen Rezsia, it was an overload of the mind and feelings and desires
for him. 

Zert and the Warrenlady spoke briefly of her son and then about one
another. He had enjoyed hearing about her and was soon wondering to
himself why he felt an attraction to this woman. She was very
attractive, intelligent, seemed to genuinely care about her people here
in the warren. The only thing bad he had heard was that she was a bad
cook, but that was ok because he could cook. When she finally asked him
if he would teach the older children, he accepted on the condition that
he would have time to further explore and learn about the warren. That
settle he said a hasty good bye, bowed and headed for some food.

He was able to get there and even eat before he was disturbed again,
this time by the girl who had fixed him up this morning. Trying to avoid
most of her questions, he told her that he had many dragon friends and
was able to speak with them if he wanted and that might be what she was
seeing. You may call your dragon to see if what I say is true. Hoping
that would end it he finished eating and once again thanked her for
taking care of his arm as he rose to leave.

After only being up a few hours he was still tired so he headed back to
his place in hopes of an uneventful evening of sleep. As he slept
through the night he awoke once when, what sounded like an alarm was
sounded. He quickly feel back asleep, if they want him they knew where
he was at. 

He awoke really early the next morning, the sun wasn't even up yet,
refreshed and in a much better mood than yesterday. He would have to
apologize to a couple of people for being so short with them when he
found them. After stuffing some food into his satchel and overhearing
conversations about someone being stabbed and two people brought to the
warren last night, Zert left and head out to explore some more of the
lands surrounding the warren.

After wondering around for a while, looking at plant life and animals
and taking more notes, he found a secluded spot by a lake. He was just
about to settle in for a little snack and a nap when he saw the huge
shadow of a dragon fly overhead. The dragon landed on same side of the
lake as Zert, only a little further down. Looking at the two, Zert
realized that it was the Warrenlady, he would recognize that tall dark
haired beauty anywhere. She got off her dragon and sat on the ground,
holding her bowed head in her hands. Curious, he got up, collected his
stuff and walked towards her. As he got closer she looked up at him. 

'Um, are you ok ma'am?" he asked as he knelt down beside her. He could
see that see had been crying and he really didn't know what to do. So,
seeing to knife she wore and hoping he wouldn't be killed by her, he
took her in his arms and held her until she was ready to talk or push
him away or whatever.
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