I must give all the medicine to Garrl; if anyone should survive, it's him, not me. At that moment, I hear a sound of something emerging from the river and heading towards where Garrl is. It's enormous! It can't be! It's a snake! Garrl always told me that he felt like something was watching; I never paid much attention to it because nothing ever happened. It's serious! Why is it attacking us now? I hurried to get to where Garrl is, the only thing I can do is stand between that snake and my brother, I won't let him die alone, but in that, I hear in my mind.

  - Listen, Kobold brat, I think your name is Breigon? I couldn't care less about your pride, but if you don't let me help you and your brother. I swear I'll do it by force!

  - I think I'm hallucinating. Did this snake just talk to me and wants to help us?

  - Yes, I am a snake, and as I told you, I am going to help you by force, whether you like it or not, since I will not allow ………………………………………….

  - Alright, ……………………. Please, help Garrl first! ... I no longer have the strength.

  Out of nowhere, the kobold hatchling faints. Did she accept my help without protesting or hesitating? I know it seems very strange, but ………………. I must concentrate. How do I help them? The jar must be some medicine imbued with mana, well, then with the help of my offspring, I make them give it to the cub that fainted. I am too big to give it to him myself; I also give him a bit of my mana to help him heal. It's not the right thing to do, but it's the only thing I can do for this little one; the problem is the other: How do I stabilize his crystal?

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  - Human, wake up.

  - Where am I? Everything hurts; Garrl! A snake spoke to me and offered us its help, oh no! I imagined everything and lost consciousness. I failed Garrl, I must wake up!

  - Before you do that, let me tell you a couple of things. You haven't failed your brother yet, but you will if you don't do what I'm about to tell you; your brother has a mana buildup because his mana crystal was fractured, if it continues like this he will die, so first tell the serpent to channel its mana through you, more than what I used now to heal you; before that, take the locker with this symbol and put a bit of your blood in it and place it on Garrl's chest, what will happen is that Garrl's mana will try to reject the serpent's mana that you will have and at that moment just let it out, let it pass through you, don't hold it back or both of you will die; they are still too young to store and handle mana, their crystals have not grown enough; I'll take care of the rest.

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  - Thank you! really thank you for helping us!

  - I only pay a bet that I think I'm losing. Now wake up and hurry up; and one last thing: it's going to hurt.

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  I open my eyes and see the snake watching Garrl. At great cost, I manage to get up; I can't waste time.

  - Hey! You should rest, but how the hell are you still awake? …………………. That doesn't matter, I'm sorry, I don't know how to help your brother, his mana just keeps accumulating and accumulating, he must have broken his crystal.

  - I think I know how to help him, but I still need your help and truly, thank you for everything.

  - You're strange, you know that.

  - Yes, I've already been told.

  I explain to him what the dragon is. No! What the great ancestor explained to me, while I gather everything necessary to fulfill what he asked.

  - Listen, even though what you're saying makes sense, it will be very dangerous and painful for you; and are you really telling me that one of their dragon ancestors told you this? But isn't it true that there are no more left? You are the closest thing to them. Right?

  - I don't know how to respond to you about the great ancestors; I've been just as confused as you, but if it helps save Garrl, it's worth the risk.

  - Well, just promise that you won't both die; Tammat wouldn't forgive me.

  - Of course, if you promise me after all this, to tell me how you met Tammat.

  - I'll repeat it: you're strange, but let's start, your brother doesn't have much time left.

  I cut my hand with the dagger, the same one Garrl defended so much, which is only for rituals, and I place my blood on the tablet; the serpent begins to give me its mana. It's strange, it's as if something warm entered my body, but soon my chest starts to hurt.

  - Tell him it's enough, your body and crystal are already trying to reject the serpent's mana.

  - Can you still talk to me if I'm awake?

  - I told you I see and hear everything you see and hear; of course, I can communicate with you, but focus, now comes the difficult part. Place the tablet on Garrl's chest and get ready.

  I do what the great ancestor tells me, and yes, of course it hurt, but at the same time I knew it was nothing if I couldn't save Garrl.

  - Listen, let the mana flow, don't try to accumulate it, just let it pass. Do you hear me? I'm going to regenerate his crystal and remind him not to do what he did again, nor you, until they stop being cubs.

  It was incredible to see how Breigon kept touching his brother Garrl's chest, despite the pain it caused him; however, even more incredible was seeing a mana different from theirs, yet at the same time similar, coming from Breigon and somehow restoring the mana crystal of the other cub. That shouldn't be possible!If your crystal breaks, you die. So, he wasn't lying about his ancestor! This changes everything, everything in these caves.

  - Ready, you can let it go and remember, don't do any magic until you stop being cubs.

  - Thank you was the last thing I remember saying to the great ancestor before falling unconscious.