12-第四章：更大的麻烦(12)

’ hissed the Dragon Furious. The Dragon Furious did not move his lips to say this, for Seadragons can communicate with each other telepathically. Nothing of the dragon-mountain moved, although his eyes may have glowed a little brighter as the thoughts transferred themselves. ‘Send your best and most ruthless dragons through Hero’s Gap to look for the boy. And Luna…
do not go yourself.’ ‘You do not trust me, King?’ asked Luna, affronted. ‘I do not question your loyalty, Luna, but it is harder to harden your heart than you think. Particularly against well-meaning humans like Hiccup,’ said the Dragon Furious. ‘There is something about this boy…’ The Dragon Furious’s words rolled on in Luna’s mind. ‘Many dragons have refused to fight alongside us because of this boy. One Eye, for instance…

and even those irritating little nanodragons will not join the Rebellion, chattering rudely about how Hiccup once saved their King’s life or some such nonsense… ‘This is our last chance, Luna. The humans are growing in cleverness. In the next few centuries they will develop weapons of such power that they will wipe us out, because humans are incapable of sharing this world. But if we strike now, we shall have Freedom for the dragons forever…