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After closing up the tavern for the night, and returning to his quarters, Kang was glad to see that Astrid had fallen asleep in the spare bed he'd offered her. She desperately needed it. He was careful to be quiet as he slipped off his breastplate and kilt (unlike humans and other races, draconians didn't worry about modesty, and sleeping in armor wasn't exactly the most comfortable thing), and lay down to go to sleep himself.

He probably should have warned her that he snored on occasion.

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Laughing, Kang glanced over at her, "Practical, maybe, but I don't really consider myself to be wise. My experiences have been vastly different from most of the people on Krynn, and really, most of my kind."

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Pfft, you're wise, Kang. Don't be modest.

"Still, you moved around a lot, right? Must've be nice," she mused. "Before my abduction here, my sole experiences were simply constricted to our barbaric archipelago."

"We had to, during the war. Part of being a soldier. It was nice to have one place to call home, though," Kang shrugged. "Something that was ours, that we created."

Proof that they were capable of something other than destruction.

"It was no easy feat, I'm sure."

"Why was there a war, anyway?"

"...how much did you overhear when I was talking to Hiccup before?" Kang asked, after a pause. "I was never upset about that, by the way."

She scratches her cheek, glancing away. So he remembered that.

"...You were saying you were bred from eggs and trained to fight. Was it for the war?"

Kang nodded, "Yes. The goddess Takhisis was trying to take over Krynn, again, so she had us created to serve her as shock troops. She lost in the end, though, and I'm not really all that upset by it; no discipline, and all the officers cared about was power and wealth. Hardly a week went by without someone being found with a dagger in their back." He snorted.

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Astrid nearly snorted herself. "And the irony; you're brought here to be used and fitted in another role as a troop. It's just a different squad... and a different war this time."

That wasn't far from the truth when you regard the last mission forced upon Kang and the others.

"I noticed that, too," Kang said dryly. "I retired from the military for a reason."

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Now they were just going in circles, weren't they. The Ohm. That mission. Agitating stuff... and she felt far too drained to feel agitated.

She releases a quiet sigh of frustration, tired blue eyes falling shut. "Think I'll try this sleep thing again," she jokes lightly as she turns on her side with her back facing to him.

"If I hear anything else... I'll have my foot ready."

Kang chuckled, shifting to get more comfortable, and closed his eyes as well, "Good night, Astrid."

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