“Is it true that the world went to war twice?” The look in his eyes was hollow, an ancient pain that actually hurt her too.
“The world changed after you went into the cave. It’s more connected than ever, and there were people who did bad things, but there were more of us to step up to stop them.” It was hard to explain to him the social and societal changes of the last seven hundred years.
“And my people? We did not fight in these wars?” That seemed to bother him more than anything else.
“I don’t know. The majority of humans don’t know you exist. To most people, you are just a myth.”
His shoulders slumped a little. “My people must live in hiding. Are we all trapped in caves and—?”
“No, it’s not like that. I know dragons are not in hiding. They keep humans unaware of their existence, b
