"Damnit, damnit. I'm forever bonded...you stupid..." he stops cursing himself when he sees Ohm flying above him.

The dragon lands a few feet away. Unbeknownst to him, he's minutes from his own parents' graves. He stalks closer, and sees Servius, Nicodemus and Viola dismount from Ohm. They stop under a towering apple tree, with an abundance of fruit still hanging from it. The branches twisted in a strange double-helix shape. Below at the roots were beds of roses, ...