The injection of the Dragon Blood Elixir took a very long time.
During that agonizing hour, the female Dragonborn massaged Renato's scalp with her fingers to ease his pain, chatting with him in an attempt to distract him.
As their conversation continued, the subject naturally turned to the Mind Flayer herself.
"Klauthsura, you said you hadn't completed your transformation long ago. The Voice of the Elder Brain also called you one of the Elder Brain's failed experiments... would you mind telling me about that?"
At Renato's tentative question, the female Dragonborn's hands never stopped moving. She merely gave a soft laugh.
"Of course not. Why would I mind?"
"Whatever questions or uncertainties you have, you can ask me directly. Knowledge must be shared and exchanged for individual minds to grow and advance. If neither of us knows the answer, that is fine too. We can investigate and reflect together, filling those gaps in our understanding..."
In the female Dragonborn's cool, clear voice, Klauthsura began recounting her past.
"True Dragons are different from primitive creatures. Their origins are as ancient and obscure as those of Giants, and their ways of thinking and the powers they wield are utterly unlike those of creatures that evolved naturally..."
She paused, seemingly gathering her words. Her golden, slit-pupiled eyes lowered slightly to study Renato's forehead.
"After successfully capturing the Deep Dragon Gattholex, the Elder Brain encountered a difficult problem. This Legendary Dragon was covered in countless spells and warding barriers, forming an impenetrable defense. Though the Dragon was within reach, those protections were difficult to destroy without killing the subject, let alone subdue a True Dragon's powerful sense of self to complete the Elder Brain Dragon ritual..."
"So, to investigate the underlying workings of a Dragon's mind and its innate magical abilities, the Elder Brain