“The forest was burning below. A burning wind beat in the face, smoke and ash spread in layered clouds under the belly of the serpent. Delight, excitement and strength screamed from my chest. Lely pressed her whole body against the warm scales, bared her teeth, and a hiss broke through her teeth: forward, S-se-e! Forward, lower, even lower, piercing the suffocating clouds, to where the wild screams, squeals and howls are flying. Cover the thatched roofs of huts, stables and barns with fire, burn out the plague of rebellion..."