Max blinked at all that. "Wow. You guys really had a shitty background where you came from, didn't you? And I thought mine was bad. Although I guess Valyn didn't have it too bad, being an elf, even if he didn't like it that much. Where did the dragons fit into all of that? Or didn't they?"

She grinned at his blush, reaching out to poke his shoulder. "See? I rest my case," she winked, looking very pleased with herself. "You're both rather fun to tease. And your sister, huh? The halfblood your mother raised?"