"What a resentful man," Aric thought to himself as he sat comfortably on the Ironbeak Griff. He could feel the soft feathers giving him ample cushion beneath him, and the saddle was only there to give him something to lean back against. The feathers were tender and softer than an owl's while still able to support their weight without making them feel the skin of the avian creature.
As Aric was enjoying the majesty of this animal, he heard someone speak out loud, filled with a bit of hatred and anger.
"So, you have betrayed us, Gopher?"
The one who spoke was the associate professor of Windfall School of Magic, the school where Aric had first gone to check his talent and where Gopher had studied as well.
"I haven't betrayed anyone. I have paid off my debts to the school, and now I am a free man."
