"You guys go on ahead to Dragon's Fang Castle. We still have to patrol. Sorry, Colin."
"Alright."
Colin nodded and continued toward Dragon's Fang Castle with Kase.
"Do all humans think dying in bed is a good thing?" Kase asked.
"If it's painless, then it's definitely a good thing," Colin said. "If I have to die someday, that's how I'd want to go."
"Then just imagine it—the four of us on an ice field or a mountain, facing a Giant Dragon, a Giant, or some other monster. We fight to the last moment, only to be sent flying by a Giant's club, or scorched by dragon's breath into..."
"Yeah, I'll pass."
"After being frozen into a block of ice by a White Dragon's breath, we could be preserved forever in a 'battle-ready' state."
"Still a no."
"You're no fun."
The two of them arrived at Dragon's Fang Castle as they spoke.
A few veteran soldiers on guard duty saw them arrive and enthusiastically welcomed them into the fortress's command room.
