Whale Mail

<p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Picture this: you've somehow come into the possession of a dragon (long story--you can read the previous book if you really want to know but it's kinda embarrassing so you don't need to). </span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>And you need to return that dragon to the place it came from. </span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>You've tried putting it on a truck--but it destroyed the truck. </span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>You've tried putting it on the train--but it destroyed the carriage. </span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Now you've put the dragon in a warehouse while you figure out what to do but-- </span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>You guessed it: the dragon destroys the warehouse. </span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Tell me why wouldn't you trick some rich merchant into lending you the only thing you haven't yet tried: a boat. </span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Trouble is the merchant's price is that you return an old artefact to the whale kingdom along the way. </span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Whales are not nice. They're very big. They're cranky. And here is a secret: they hate dragons. </span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>They </span><em style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>especially</em><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> hate dragons.</span></p>