Goldnscale sat on the ground carefully.  All of this has confused her.  She never thought about her actions until now, and it seemed like she was an entirely different creature.  She had more experience than anyone she had ever met, she seemed to be wiser than anyone, but how.  'What am I?' she asked herself.  She couldn't possibly be a dragon, or a gryphon, or a cockatrice.  She was so odd, she confused herself.  She frowned at these thoughts.  'Why should a child be thinking such thoughts?' she asked herself.

"Something wrong," Mayumi asked stepping back as Goldenscale sat down.

She sighed.  "Children shouldn't be thinking what I am..." she said quietly.

"Go ahead and tell me. I might be able to help," Mayumi said tilting her head, "If something's on your mind, feel free to speak your mind."

She sighed again.  "What am I?" she asked.  'I can't possibly be a dragon with the knowledge I possess now..."

"The knowledge you have does not make what you are. In this age of magic, knowlege could come from just about any encounter," Mayumi said forming a white ball in her left paw, showing several events of the past, "You grew up in a much harsher enviroment that anyone else here. You still retain the mind of a child while you have the experience of a veteran hunter."

"But you said before that my body is childish while my mental state is that of an adult..." She frowned.  "But then again, my body is odd.  Somehow I have two different colored eyes. My body has also been trained to fly faster and longer, to run faster and longer, to even swim faster and longer.  The first part, now that I think about it, must be the work of a mutation, but the others is just unnatural for something my size..."  She fell backwards and stared at the ceiling.  "Why am I even thinking these thoughts of confusion..."

"Questioning one's own being is something we all do. You physical prowess could have something to do with how you grew up. As you said, you had been living in the wilds up until yersterday," Mayumi said closing her eyes to think, "When all you can rely on is yourself for food, the body tends to adapt to the enviroment as best it can. You acquired the skills you needed to live in the wild."

"I was also taught by the creatures around me.  The Gryphons taught me how to hunt in the air and the Pumas how to hunt on foot, the Rocs taught me to fly, the Unicorns taught me to run, and the Cockatrices everything else.  But when I was finished learning, all I did was continue to learn.  I learned languages, how to use different plants, use several magic tricks.  But I still have a question unanswered.  Before it was two, but now it was eliminated to one."  She sighed in frustration at all of these thoughts.  "I'm going to have to consult trees after the meeting..." she said before sitting up.  Sitting on the ground and just thinking wasn't going to do anything.

"Do whatever it is you feel will help you find the asnwer," Mayumi said before heading towards the meeting room door, "I'll be back in a few minutes. I have a personal request to bring to the Council."

"OK..." she said.  She honestly needed to think about something else.  So she started to hum.  All the animals she was with over her life had taught her songs, from normal songs to ancient songs.  It did keep her mind off of the other thoughts.

After a few minutes Mayumi returned wth a mixture of anger and sorrow covering her face and features.

Goldenscale immediately stopped singing.  "What happened, Mayumi.  Why do you show such traces of anger and sorrow?" she asked, concerned.

"I asked to get my month pass to leave the area to visit my daughter's grave, but they denied the request under the assumption that I was planning to overthrow them," Mayumi said trying to calm herself but failing, "Now, I'm not to leave the cave or they'll use brutal force to keep me in check."

Goldenscale shot up, but then had to put her wing down to stabilize herself.  "This is outrageous!  They cannot simply deny anyone a leave of absence.  Everyone needs t o leave to do something at one point in life.  Everyone has their own mind.  I am going to fix this haze that has come over their minds." she fumed.