"Karolina, my ex-fiancée," certainly that, as there was virtually no chance they'd ever see each other again, "her parents desired that my father not attempt conquest of Earth. He was not inclined to curb his plans, but in exchange for the coordinates of Majesdane itself and their daughter to marry me when we came of age, he did. I was very much a hatchling at the time."

She took a cookie for herself - oatmeal raisin, because few people wanted those and it was a shame to waste them. "I believe they assumed my father and I would both be dead before the marriage part of the deal could take place."