"It does seem that way, but I've noticed both here and Olympia have several stories about dragons. Before we came here, I just finished a trilogy of novels with a dragon protagonist." Venom conveniently leaves out the part where the novels were aimed at children.

He continues the story, and it has a very warm ending with the handsome prince making friends with the witch and bringing peace to the forest. The dragon in his arms has woken from his nap and decides to nip at the edge of the book, causing Venom to gently pull it away. "I'm sorry, but that's not for eating."

It seems the former assassin has grown a bit more fond of the creatures as he doesn't seem to mind another one crawling up on him. But his own shift ended a while back, and he should go. "I believe it's time for me to head out..." He nudges the two to go over to Reinhardt because he's larger and has even more warmth to offer.

"I might return tomorrow. We'll see."