Iskierka is often jealous of Temeraire. She suspects that he is smarter and more magnificent than she is, and he is certainly better read (not that she's terribly interested in reading, at least not mostly). However, in the case of another dragon entirely different turning up, all that is forgotten ( Read more... )

Iskierka has been a little more open lately, since venturing out on the lawn and not finding herself shot at or stabbed at or anything of the like, and is currently swooping in lazy circles over the lake. However, eventually she lands, a little awkwardly, on the opposite shore of the lake, gulps down a few large mouthfuls of the water - and then ( Read more... )

The Mansion may have heard, in the distance, the sounds of roaring, and flame, and fighting, and eventually the swooping of large wingbeats. Should any come out to investigate ( Read more... )