Seeing Venom in that state, Evan's expression softened slightly.
He raised a hand and gently patted her head.
"Come on, don't cry. Didn't you say you weren't a little kid anymore? If Evangeline saw you like this, she'd give you another intensive lesson in etiquette,"
It was as though those words had flipped a switch. Venom's tears immediately stopped, and her expression turned one of pure fear.
"No, not again, please don't tell her," she said, though she still stayed clinging to him, like a koala.
Evan could only shake his head at the scene.
During the fourth cycle, while he ruled over the dragon race, he had cultivated three subordinates whom he had recognized as possessing exceptional talent.
He'd raised them himself, all of them coming from difficult, almost brutal circumstances, but it was precisely those circumstances that had shaped the talent he'd recognized in them.
