Something small and snake-like shot out from under a bed and slunk back into the shadows of another. Dazai took a reflexive step back before steeling himself. At his side, Blaise seemed to be doing the same.

'Is that ' ' Blaise trailed off.

Dazai cautiously walked to Blaise 's bed near the far wall. The curtains were drawn tight around it to prevent anyone from seeing what was meant to be hiding within. Dazai 's own bed was even further from the door, but he didn 't have eyes for that right now. All that was waiting for him on his own bed was a new letter from Mori Dazai had yet to open. With a searching expression plastered across his face, Dazai swung the curtains open.

On a pillow in the center of Blaise 's bed, the jagged, black fragments of a broken egg were cast about.

'The dragon? ' Dazai looked up. When Blaise stepped forward to see the shattered remains of their dragon egg, he added, 'Yeah, I think so. '

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