Elijah sighed, shaking his head. His temper lost, he was beginning to lose his friendliness. "I'm not joking about this, Juniper! Ask the dragons, sooner or later you will come against a rogue dragon and not know what to do! As for not taking care of my dragons, Atayi has this way of telling me when she needs to be brushed or cooled off. Believe me, I've owned Northern dragons since I was eight, I know how to take care of them. And the halters? Those are common between dragon owners. Atayi and Zai would've ripped them off easily long before this if they were uncomfortable. Besides, I didn't decieve you of anything. Did I say anything about not owning the dragons? No!" Elijah watched as Juniper bent down and tied a bracelet around Atayi. She did not move, but stiffened and growled threateningly. "I'm perfectly fine. You have no right to yell at my owner." She took a step forward, angling her tail so it made a small circle around Elijah and Zai.

Zai unwound one of her wings and waved at Pavi, looking sad. She had quite liked the friendly Lightning Runner. As Pavi took off, Atayi roared, "Good riddance! Hope you two run into some rogue dragons!" Her roar earned some alarmed looks from the people that were passing them and dirty looks from the few that owned dragons.

Elijah bent down and grabbed Atayi's halter, wrapping it back around her face gently. "..That's not too bad, is it?" He murmured, testing if he could fit three fingers between the leather and her scales. She shook her head, it was clear that she was pitying him. Zai was still firmly wrapped around his torso and when she was like this, it usually took an hour to convince her there was no danger. He grabbed his backpack and put away the vension and brush, taking out a leather strip with a clip on it. It was dyed silver, the same color as Atayi. He wrapped it around Atayi, clipping his backpack to the clip. He looked up, watching Pavi soar away. Without even thinking, he climbed onto Atayi's back. "Let's follow them. I want to see this Valley. Its unnatural for someone to not know about the rogue dragons." Elijah knew how to ride without any dragon tack, he just preferred to ride with it. It gave him a sense of security that he was not going to fall off. Dragon scales were very slippery. Without it, he felt as if the wind was going to whip him off the dragon's back.

Atayi nodded and walked along the streets, the people scattering to make a path for her.