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The skies around them roar.
Dragons, Finarfin's mind pounds, and there's a dark, cursed screech behind his back. He locks gazes with his captain. Her face is pale in the sudden flash of fire, her hands clench the horse's reins. There is mute horror in her eyes.
The dragon is closer and closer. Finarfin thinks the ground shakes beneath him.
Deldhineth, he calls. He can feel dragon's hot breath behind. Deldhineth. Take them to safety. Make sure they stay alive.
Deldhineth looks at him, grips her reins, and nods. Then she straightens and yells a few orders. Finarfin takes a breath.