You choose to travel north through Ilarneck.
"I think I'm going to follow your recommendation," you say. "That is, if you don't mind sharing the longer journey with me. The other paths just sound a little too risky for my tastes right now.”
The great lizard before you yawns, her mouth now large enough to engulf you.
“I sleep for 1000 years. I eat once every few millennia. I do not mind the longer journey. It has been too long since I left my mud throne. We will learn of this world together.” Her great bulk shifts, sending waves lapping against the shore. “Do you swim?”
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I pause. This is one of those things I should know intuitively, but I don't. Even so, I don't *feel* afraid of the water...
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I hope.