We went for a walk through the Dueling Town… or at least we tried to. It became very apparent that we were just a bit too disruptive. Everyone stopped and stared as we passed… though that probably had to do more with the fact we had a dragon trotting beside us. The people, thankfully, didn’t seem afraid. Curious, and a bit nervous, but the fact that Washy looked friendly for a dragon probably helped. His eyes were still fishy and round, giving him a puppy-like appearance when he had them open all the way. Washy was very cute for a dragon. Not that anybody told him that, of course; he was our fierce warrior, noble and profound, not a cute lizard! Still, it was a bit awkward for all of us. Instead of seeing how the people lived and the town worked, we mostly got to watch people stare at us… so we retired to a fancy restaurant that had a wonderful viewing balcony, and let the town go back to normal. The restaurant staff had been nervous about allowing Babe to climb the stairs, worried he wouldn’t be able to come back down… but cultivator cred and the Azure Jade Trading Company’s talisman quieted those arguments. And once we could actually take a good look at things, the view turned out to be spectacular. Meimei, Xiulan, and I were all standing at the edge of the balcony, while Washy, Babe, and Suyan were looking at the menus. “Oh, what a bad time for the Lord Magistrate and Lady Wu to retire—they (...)