Chilling Realization (spoilers)
The greed of baby dragons will never cease to amuse me
Vilmor, you literally saved us as Sepulchure's tower crumbled under the weight of Drakath's ego. We've practically been besties since the end of Book 1.
We all know the world is cooked if you lose us Draco.
Well, that's a little bit more comforting as to understanding the prowess of hunting skills of these new Hollow Dravir. It obviously still doesn't completely eliminate the threat of them spreading spores, but it does at least limit the threat of their spread rate than if they were actively hunting any and all targets, they can come into contact with. I suspect we stand a better chance at tackling the issue of the Hollow if they're more opportunistic in their approach.
Given how we know dragons tend to treat the Dravir in this setting I wouldn't be surprised to find if Aisha didn't care if they were loyal or not to be honest.
This isn't the first time we've seen the Hollow be able to replicate a dragon but the fact that only the horns are left...
I'm not sure which idea I find more disturbing: Either Frostscythe was consumed and/or replicated by the Hollow and the hive is simply utilizing whatever ice magic he knew of to grow and hide themselves or Frostscythe looked upon the Hollow and saw a weapon he could use to punish his enemies and is now using them to capture and "process" ice dragons to build an army to assail the Northlands.
I do love that while Vilmor just seconds before this scene was completely enraged at the thought of seeing Frostscythe alive again the anger she was feeling deflates a little as soon as she realizes that Cryozen's life could be threatened again by the very man that betrayed them both. She won't let her need for vengeance come at the cost of her friend's life.
Of course, as Cryozen Jr points out, this a problem they need to face together, and she needs to be mindful of her partner's wishes to join her if she wants to learn from her past mistake.
