"Oh yes. I was... the only one. Dragon eggs are... special. Dragons are special, my boy, to the right — or rather the wrong — people."
Chip tore his eyes away from the pearly object that seemed to be gently glowing, "Why?"
"Our bones are said to be an aphrodisiac. Our scales grant beauty, our horns strength. Our hearts wisdom, our eyes farsight. Our eggs... our eggs are said to contain the essence of a dragon, doubly so for an unhatched one. The clutch I was born from, the last clutch she could bear... my mother saved only one, me."
Chip tore his eyes away from the pearly object that seemed to be gently glowing, "Why?"
"Our bones are said to be an aphrodisiac. Our scales grant beauty, our horns strength. Our hearts wisdom, our eyes farsight. Our eggs... our eggs are said to contain the essence of a dragon, doubly so for an unhatched one. The clutch I was born from, the last clutch she could bear... my mother saved only one, me."
