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Darkthael took one full skin of the miraculous water for his own personal use. Considering the option of returning some other time for more of it, both as a reserve and for the great potential of profit such a freely available miracle heralded. But first, he would have to find a means of transporting and storing it, and a way to keep the existence of the wonderful water a secret or control it in some other way.
As he saw Willowman deep immersed in his thoughts and contemplations, Danael chose to excuse himself with a silent bow to avoid further interrupting him. Later he would visit his treant friend again. He went back to the town for now, pacing fast as he planed how make himself with control of the liquid blessing. Unknown to him, he had to be really quick, as a published article about the water was already in the process.
Ambition and admiration for the island now waged a perilous war inside the mind of the dracon. He still feared angering whatever forces had originally placed the island and the spring there, but he could not ignore the significance of the knowledge he now possessed.
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