• "So..." I shiver in the cold of the night, just remembering that I can produce flames. "Any blankets?" I asked as I went around gathering fire wood, wondering if I could control wind as well.
    The woman I first met replied, "Just large rags, you can wrap yourself up with. It's for staying warm while in battle."
    "Okay, I'll take one. So, tell me more about this 'ELDER'... Sounds like a total weirdo with a thirst for blood..."
    "No, first we introduce ourselves to each other, then we talk." It was the pink minotaur who answered.
    I sat down on a rock a minotaur offered and grabbed a 'stone' of a green substance they called 'Chiklets*' then opened my mouth to introduce myself but the minotaur stopped me.
    "We already know what you are designated, Dude, though, personally, I think it should be changed to Dudette. I am Clarence, the leader of the Minotaurian army."
    "We are Dan, and Julie," The woman said.
    The man seemed to dislike me. He wasn't trying to befriend me so he had another ally.
    I took a bite of the chiklets while I was listening. I wished I hadn't... It tasted like... chocolate but at the same time... chicken, coconut, mayonnaise and some other foul concoction.
    "I am terribly sorry about earlier, but, instincts told me to... Sorry..."
    The man held out an arm and shook mine, "For hearing that, I accept your apology!"
    Every Minotaur within 3 metres or 10 feet quickly turned and quietly told all of us to keep quiet... No noise was to be heard for the next 20 minutes...


    TO BE CONTINUED!