As the sun began to rise, the air was getting redder, it was neither dark nor light. Börü was awake and Altai was asleep. Börü put some breakfast on the table, then called out to Altai to wake him up;

“Hey little man, wake up, it's morning.”

There was no sound, so he went to the room where Altay was sleeping. What he saw before him was a 16-17 year old boy sleeping poorly, but it suddenly reminded him of something else, something from the past. He stood in the doorway, staring absent-mindedly at Altay, who was just lying in bed. In fact, he was not looking at Altay, he was dreaming with his eyes open, as if the events of the past were coming to life in front of his eyes.

When his absent-mindedness seemed to wake Altay, he went over, called Altay more closely to get up and headed for his small kitchen.

While Altay was lamenting that it was still too early, Börü was preparing breakfast.

When Altay heard voices coming from the kitchen, he gave in to his hungry stomach and headed for the kitchen.

"Good morning."

"Good morning Altay."

"What are you doing?"

“You must be hungry, I've prepared a few things in case you want something to eat before you leave.”

Altay went to the teapot on the stove and smelled the smell coming from it.

"What is this?"

“Rosehip tea”

“It has a strange name, but it smells so good”

“You don't find it around here”

“So it's coming from far away”

“Sort of.”

“Like you, I guess.”

Börü meaninglessly looked at Altay.

“You know this place very well, but you don't look like a local. I've never seen you before, I've never heard of you in the Kenar Diyarı, you've obviously come from far away. Maybe you lived here once.”

Börü did not say anything, he was silent.

“Why did you leave this place or how did you manage to go far away? I've always thought about going away but I didn't know how. I've never seen anyone traveling to other places before so I don't know anything. Nobody says anything, just the Dragon and the Büyük Vadi...”

Börü interrupted Altay.

“Enough, eat your breakfast and let's go.”

Altay said in a sulky manner

"Okay."

Altay entered the table with a big appetite.

He tried to speak while stuffing his mouth full.

"It’s really goot!"

Börü with a smiling attitude

“Eat slowly, you'll choke. Don't they feed you?”

“Actually, the food is not very good there, there is not much meat/eggs/fish on the table, but only the rank and file and instructors can eat.”

Börü asked jokingly, he didn't know it was like that.

“Aren't there any farmers there, how come you can't eat meat?”

“Yes, but it is forbidden, for example, a farmer is not allowed to slaughter his sheep and feed them, or an ordinary person can catch fish from the lake but cannot eat it because the penalty is severe. At certain times officials come to Edged and take the farmers' produce, but only a little is left for the farmers and people like us.”

Boru was surprised by what he heard.

“Why are there such ridiculous rules?”

“We were told that there was a war and the soldiers needed food and they got it from people like us.”

“What war?”

“Are you sure you don't know these things?”

The cruel dragon is advancing, bringing death wherever it goes. We are training to stop it. If you can join the royal private army, maybe you will be one of those who can stop the dragon.”

Börü is puzzled and doesn't know what to say he was playing.

“You look like a traveler, you know? I'd like to be like you. I'd like to be able to go wherever I want whenever I want, far away from here, maybe see the Dragon or the Great Valley or the palace.”

Börü wanted to change the subject.

“Doesn't anyone in the Kenar Diyarı object to this?”

“No one can oppose and be declared a traitor and punished.”

Börü took a deep breath.

“Anyway, if you're full, let's go.”

“I'm full, thank you.”

Börü took a bucket and started to fill it with water before going out, while Altay was wearing his shoes in the doorway.

Börü opened the door and came out with a bucket of water and Altay followed him.

When he came out, he saw the bear chasing him, but Börü was with him. Börü put the water in the bucket on the ground and Bongo was drinking it.

Altay was briefly surprised that the bear was really not doing anything to Börü.

By looking at Alta:

“Don't be scared, come on, he won't do anything.”

“I'm not scared”

Börü laughing:

“Of course, no doubt.”

He hesitantly went to Altay Börü.

“Mm hello Bbbongo”

The bear looked at Altay and then went back to drinking water.

“How long have you known Bongo?”

“Since he was a baby, he was a little bear and now he's a big bear.”

He had spoken without thinking, and after finishing his sentence he drifted off for a moment.

Bongo had stopped drinking water.

Börü was taking care of the bongo, playing with it and stroking its head.

“It's like a puppy, but a wild bear.”

“Bongo bear, yes, but not wild.”

“Anyway, shall we go?”

“Follow me.”

“Will Bongo come too?”

“I don't know, you can ask him.”

Altay looked at the bongo in confusion and then looked at Bör.

“Anyway, I didn't ask that, let's go.”

Börü, Altay and Bongo crossed a few places and reached the place Börü had mentioned yesterday. By this time the sun was almost up.

Altai saw some training equipment and tracks around.

“Wow, whose are these?”

“Once upon a time, this was a training ground, a real training ground, not like your crappy barracks.”

“So where is he now? I've never heard of this place before.”

“He had to be abandoned.”

“Did you grow up here?”

“Sort of.”

“You grew up here and when you were abandoned you had to leave.”

“Doesn't count.”

“But that's not the question, why did you leave?”

“Will you shut up already?”

“Why do you always shut me up?”

“I don't want to talk about it.”

Looking into Altay Börü's eyes

“I'm sorry, I didn't think it was special.”

“It doesn't matter, anyway, this is the place, it's not far from your hut, you can come and work here whenever you want.”

“And will I ever see you again?”

Börü asked in a puzzled manner

“Me? What are you going to do with me?”

“I don't know, I think I have a lot to learn from you and you were once a student here, maybe you can teach me if you remember anything.”

Börü thought about the past, tried to remember what he had learned.

“I have to go, I have work to do, you can come here whenever you want, no one knows about this place, you can work in peace.”

“Okay, well, I'll see you around, I hope.”

Börü and Bongo were gone. Altay was touring his new place, looking at the tools he could use. He was going to sneak out of the dormitory in the evening and come here, but he had to leave now.

Around noon he set off for the center of the Borderlands, hoping they hadn't noticed he was gone, or they might get angry, or worse, he would be sentenced to starvation.

Dragon

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