Ventessa tilted her fluffy body. She looked confused.
"Humans are strange," she noted. "She is a hatchling. A dog is more dangerous."
"They won't see a child," Marcus said. "They will see a monster. We need to hide her."
He looked at Ventessa with pleading eyes.
"We need to hide the horns and the tail," Marcus said.
He gestured to the girl's head.
"Can't dragons shapeshift?" Marcus asked. "I read that high-level dragons can take human form."
"Yes," Ventessa confirmed. "Adult dragons can assume a human guise."
"Great!" Marcus said. "So we just tell her to do that."
He reached out to shake the girl awake.
"Don't bother," Ventessa said.
Marcus froze. "Why?"
"She is a hatchling," Ventessa said slowly. "Polymorph magic is high-tier."
She looked at the sleeping girl.
"She is basically a baby," Ventessa explained. "Asking her to shapeshift is like asking a human toddler to solve world peace."
Marcus slumped. "So she can't do it?"
