Adrian let out a soft smile as he watched Eleanora clamber onto the obsidian dragon and disappear behind the clouds. Held tightly in one hand was the Eye of Largo, playing back every move that its twin witnessed from within the woman’s possession. He observed as she almost tumbled down the dragon’s spine, causing the image to vibrate several times before stopping. The dragon and his master approached the deck where the detective stood, adorned in his official attire. Effortlessly, he caught the woman as she slid off of the creature’s back.
“I was under the impression that you harbored a fear of heights, yet here you are, dozing quite peacefully,” Kyle Leonard teased, a playful smile edging at his mouth.
“Cocoa… arrest…” Eleanora mumbled a muffled jumble of words before burying her face in the man’s chest and succumbing to sleep.
“They seem rather… intimate,” Adrian mused distractedly, giving the Eye of Largo a gentle tap. The image blinked out of existence.
