Dory could have laughed if he wasn't so terrified. Maple risking her life in favor of one of her patients was so fitting that he couldn't blame her for being out here. Not truly. Not even if the sight of her caused his heart to clench and his every thought of helping others to vanish. She was always trying to help, always doing her duty. Who was he to begrudge her that?

"What does the child look like? What's its name? Where were they last seen? I'll look and you can go back." He knew it was unlikely that she'd go back so quickly, knew she'd fight him rather than think of herself for once. "I'll find the kid, alright? You need to get out of he-"

The dragon's ear splitting shriek echoed down the street once more.

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