The door opened and Sha'uri peered out with a grin.

"How'd you know I was in there?"

She winked, knowing full well the keen ability of a dragon's nose, and stepped out into the hall with the curiosity of a cat...

"What can I do for you?"

Eyes widen, mouth dropped open and out came a short laugh of surprise.

"What?!"

She smiled widely.

"Haven't you two figured out what causes that dillema yet?"

Giggling, she hugged Icer.

"Congratulations again, Icer. You just didn't want me to be expecting all by myself, did you..."

She chuckled happily.

For some reason, hearing Icer purr seemed to just make Sha'uri smile all warm and fuzzy like. She gave her friend one more little squeeze hug before she took the paper to examine it.

"Oh, you have improved! That's really good. Oh, and don't worry about your classes. I know it can be difficult. We can work something out for you to go at your own pace. Speaking of practicing... I've been practicing, too, though not on writing with my tail yet. Though, I finally got my size down! I'll show ya...."

She was all happy and took excited little steps away, as if she were dancing the cha cha cha or something.

"See I had my concentration all wrong when changing form. I kept thinking BIG instead of Dragon first. I had to retrain my thoughts to think Dragon shape, Small perception in that order and specification. Silly me! Now I can fit in the hallway."

She turned round after moving away about ten feet. Her form began to shift into the shape of a dragon and it started to get big, but then shifted down in size so that by the time she was fully in her dragon form, she was small enough to fit through the doors like the average humanoid. She smiled a toothy smile of pride.

"You like?"

Sha'uri was a bit of an unusual dragon, appearing with opalescent scales tipped with blackened edges, like some cross between a silver and red dragon and something else.

"I didn't know your father was staying there. But that will help if he teaches you."

Her bum end sat down, tail curled round her feet as she got more comfortable.

"It's good that you have so much help. At the rate you and Arthur are going, you'll have an army of dragons in no time. Then Wyverns beware..."

She giggled.

She nodded, and was very comfortable just plopping down right there in the hallway, never thinking twice about how odd it was to just plop down and have a conversation there.

"I remember Storm. She seems like a very capable sort to lead an army, too. That's the impression I got anyway. Have there been any more problems from the Wyverns lately?"

It was hard to say just where she'd gotten it from, but the pen was suddenly in her mouth as she tried to wrap the end of her tail round its shaft. Her tail seemed to move slow and awkward, but it was obvious she was trying to teach herself how to hold the pen with her tail.

Her eyes lit up as she accepted Icer's help.

"Oh! I get it now. Like this.."

She took the pen again and, though she was still slow, she managed to curl it up the shaft to steady it and back down to the tip like a finger to control it. But the attempt to write her own name on the paper reminded her of her writing when she was a girl and learning to write with her hands..

"Oh, well.. Uh... Guess I'll have to just practice."

She chuckled, but was thankful.

"Thanks Icer."