- Run, Garrl, run! He'll catch up to us!

  - I already know, brother, you don't have to tell me!

  Fortunately, we managed to reach a wall that we quickly climbed.

  - But what the hell, Garrl! I thought that when you mentioned "minor lizards" it would be, I don't know, an iguana or something, but that thing is a damn Komodo dragon!

  - First, brother! I'm telling you for the last time: do not disrespect the great ancestors! That's why what's happening to us is happening, and that is a lizard! It has nothing to do with our great ancestors or with us!

  - Sssssssssshhhhhhhh

  - You shut up! Alright, Garrl, but to begin with, I told you we shouldn't attack him; we agreed not to put ourselves at risk.

  - But it's a minor lizard! We can defeat it, the adults do; I thought it would be the same as with the toad.

  - SssshhhhhhhHHHHHHHHh

  - SHUT UP ALREADY! Look, Garrl, we tricked the toad and its skin was smooth; that thing has skin with scales as tough or tougher than ours. And among all things, why did you use the wooden spear to attack it? At least you could have used the dagger!

  - The dagger! It's not a weapon, brother, it's a treasure from our great ancestors, a testament to their existence, and it's for rituals; besides, look! With the spear, I damaged one of his eyes; my goal was to pierce him and kill him.

  - Well, that …………………… That's not a bad idea, but that doesn't change the fact that...

  - Sssssssssssssssshhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

  - Okay, you have my attention! …………………………………….. Look! Garrl, the spear is still lodged in his eye; if we manage to push him, maybe we'll kill him. ……………………………….…. Let's do this: I'll distract him and you finish what you started. He lost part of his vision, so he won't see you if his only eye is on me.

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  - Alright, let's do it, brother, I promise to finish what I started.

  Ok, instincts and training, don't fail me.

  - Hey, little lizard, get ready to suffer the wrath of the kobold brothers. Come for me!

  As it falls to the ground, the lizard lunges directly at me. I barely manage to avoid its bite and attack its other eye with my claws; however, I couldn't fully damage it; nor could I avoid its tail, which came out of nowhere and sent me flying. As soon as I fell to the ground, I immediately tried to get back on my feet. At that moment, I saw the lizard direct all its attention to attacking me again; however, it was in that moment of carelessness that Garrl ended up pushing the spear, and after a terrifying growl, the lizard stopped moving.

  - What the heck, that was close!

  - Brother, are you okay? I told you we could beat him.

  - Seriously, Garrl! Look, I love you, brother, but seriously, you need to think before you act. We had a strong bond again, but it won't always be like this.

  - I …………………. I ………………. I'm sorry.

  - A "sorry" is not enough, Garrl!

  I manage to calm down after seeing Garrl very remorseful. Damn! I forget that he's still like a child. Moreover, it's the first time we've argued and right in the worst place and moment.

  - Look, Garrl, I'm sorry too, I shouldn't have yelled at you. I know you want to prove yourself worthy of your lineage, but we must be smart.

  - I know, brother, and I'm really sorry, I thought we were already strong and I still believe we are because we managed to defeat him, but you're right, we put ourselves at risk.

  - Alright, just promise that you won't do it again and we'll be fine; and help me get up.

  - I promise, brother.

  - Well, now let's go back to our shelter; my tail tip hurts and that's saying a lot.

  - And what are we going to do with the lizard? We're not going to leave it, it's our hunt.

  - I don't know, Garrl, its skin is too tough to cut; besides, we still have insects to eat and I'm worried that the noise we made might attract something else; I think what we explored today is more than enough.

  With reluctance, Garrl accepted, but I didn't want to tell him that besides everything I said; the truth is I didn't want to eat anything from that lizard, because I honestly believe that in some way we are related, and that felt strange. I know I can't tell Garrl that, he would get furious; although what he says about us not being lizards, he might be right, despite us resembling them in certain ways. Lizards crawl on four legs, we are not like that, nor are dragons if they are like I remember from my past life. At most, we might share a common ancestor, but we come from different evolutionary lines. ……………….. Look at me! Looking for a way to justify that we are not lizards, Garrl's influence has already rubbed off on me, oh my God! Surely, it's because of the tail whip that lizard gave me.