"Currently?" Vex frowns, a guilty look shadowing across her features. The particular set of her mouth makes it look like she bit into something tart and underripe. "Being ravaged by dragons. It's a bit of a mess."

And until a couple of days ago, she was rather convinced she would die trying to stop that.

"Half the cities I've seen recent were either on fire for one reason or another, or hiding and hoping that the world outside would pass them by."