Board Thread:What Would You Do?/@comment-29435884-20170706130433/@comment-28718853-20170711125648

I can feel my heartstrings being pulled, both at the Dragon's desperation, and at her child. However, I can not let my emotions get the better of me, for I had a duty to perform and a family to feed. I look to the Dragon and say in a cold tone, "I'm sorry ma'am, but I can not allow your kind through."

The Dragon and her child begin to cry even more. "Please, I've given you all that I have! Please let us through!" she cries. I silently shake my head and say, "I'm sorry ma'am, but it's my country's policy."

"I just want to start a better life with my daughter! My husband of ten years was already killed!" the Dragon cried, her child sobbing into her shoulder. Crap, this depressing sight was starting to get to me. That Dragon must have noticed it too, because she asked me in a calmer tone, "Think of my child, would you be okay with her suffering out there? Would any of the people in your country be okay with the children that have to suffer in the war?"

Her child looks up at me and I could see those bright blue eyes on her tear-stained face. That broke me. I dart my eyes from side to side, making sure that no one else was around. Then I walked up to the Dragon and whispered, "Keep your valuables, and listen very carefully."

I could see a spark of hope on her face as she leaned in toward me. "Near the eastern side of town, there is an abandoned sewer system. Keep straight, and take a second right.  You'll find yourself in the border town of Lordogan, but it's best that you do this by night, for security will be the least active during that time," I explain. The Dragon makes a note of it and picks up her bag. "Thank you, thank you so much for this!" she says as she pecks me on the cheek and leaves.

Once she was out of sight, I let out a heavy sigh. I had just broken one of the biggest rules in the book, and I was sure as hell going to get my ass handed to me if it was discovered that I just told one of the most powerful mamono around how to sneak into our country. Surely she knew how to remain discreet right?

The day turns to night, and I am preparing to be relieved from my post. That's when I notice something peculiar in the distance.

There were these massive bright pink domes glowing and then disappearing. In that moment, I had a horrifying realization. Those were demonic energy explosions that were happening in my country. I look into the night sky and make out two figures approaching me. They land in front of me and I couldn't believe my eyes, it was the Dragon and her daughter from earlier, standing in their proud glory.

The mother speaks to me with an air of excitement, "We want to again thank you for allowing us into your nation, it made setting those markers for our new weapon all too easy."

I am about to speak when the daughter walks up to me and grabs a hold of my waist. "Our general responsible for this success wishes to meet with the man who made it all possible," she says.

The mother scoops me up and both she and the daughter fly through the sky, eventually coming to a fort where Lizardmen, Dullahans, and Centaurs patrol. I'm dropped into the courtyard and I'm dragged down a hall to an office where an Apophis in a purple business suit sits. I'm forced into the chair and the Apophis eyes me curiously. "So you're that man?" she says.

She looks to the two Dragons and says, "Take him to my chambers, I want to give him a proper thank you."

The mother Dragon nods and picks me up, hauling me down another hallway. Throughout the entire trip, I curse myself for being so soft. Maybe I shouldn't have taken that border guard job. *Sigh* Mom was right, I should have gone to college.