Guards Guards - Evolved

“There are legends, you know. It seems as though one species of dragon started to get bigger and bigger and then . . . just vanished.”

“Died out, you mean?”

“No . . . they turned up, sometimes. From somewhere. Full of vim and vigour. And then, one day, they stopped coming at all.” She gave Vimes a triumphant look. “I think they found somewhere where they could really be. ”

“Really be what?”

“Dragons. Where they could really fulfil their potential. Some other dimension or something. Where the gravity isn't so strong, or something.”

“I thought when I saw it,” said Vimes, “I thought, you can't have something that flies and has scales like that.”

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Guards Guards - p154