Red Meadow.

[DragonMasterX]

"Woah there," said Mar with his brow lifted slightly in surprise, "Don't accuse me of going out of control. It was that stupid kid with the lighter that did it," he said out loud, without thinking.

Delphi smiled bashfully to Steven, fidgeting slightly. Tifa however was fixed on the story. "Mar? You know something about what happened at school earlier?"

"Huh, oh yeah. Slipped my mind, but now that you mention it..." the dragon scratched the back of his head, then began: "Earlier some dude came to school while I was hanging around with a girl. He kept running his mouth about monsters or stuff. I smelled a different scent on him though, so I'm sure he's a big mouthed were. Tried to talk him out of it but he got stubborn."

"Martin, are you getting into fights at school?" Yuki suddenly asked. Mar shook his head.

"He started it," the blue dragon shrugged. Yukiko stood craned her neck in her son's direction and firmly stared at him. Mar was suddenly paralyzed.

Yukiko had done nothing, her voice hadn't gotten any stern or much less firm. It remained soft and sweet, but there was something in the way she said it while staring at him that gave everyone in the room a very cold shiver. "Please continue."

"Ahh, well... he was playing around with his lighter. Dunno how he did it exactly, but he produced enough heat to activate the fire sprinklers. Asshole got us all wet," Mar continued, "He was very bitter right from the start. Don't think he knows about the communal gag order," he finished, scratching behind his ear. Yukiko raised her eyebrows, looking surprised.

"Oh, the poor dear. He must've been born secluded from his family or equals," the disguised weredragoness said, putting a palm to her cheek in empathy.

Mar groaned, "Don't feel sorry for him!"

"In any case, it sounds like we have a good way to cover this up thanks to Lupe," she smiled to the wolfess then added: "But I believe it will be necessary that this child be educated."

"Yeah, better educate him before I need to give him the intense course of a fistful," Mar added to the side, clearly annoyed by Raziel.