"Then you'll be short of someone to talk dragons with." Leo shrugged again. "Fat Illyrio gave 'Storm' Gendry three fossilized dragon eggs back then. With a red comet in the sky, perhaps those three eggs have hatched."
"Three?" Rooney replied in surprise. "But how could fossils produce dragon eggs?"
"Nothing is impossible." Leo looked at Rooney. "You idiot, don't tell me you can't even count to three. If that's the case, you'll never become a maester."
"Don't bully him," Rooney's companion warned.
"You wouldn't understand even if I told you. You're people in the dust. As for me, I might soon be related to royalty."
"You?" Laresa looked at Leo in puzzlement. "Renly Baratheon went to the Wall to eat ice. Your family has nothing to do with the blacksmith king, does it?"
"I can't go into detail. All I can tell you is that someone important in our family will be sending his daughter to court." Leo flicked his fingers smugly.
"The Rose of Highgarden?" Laresa's eyes shone as she considered the Highgardener's words. "Even if she enters court, she'll only be the future queen's companion... Hmph."
"A companion's love story isn't out of the question. If the king has dragons, any risk would be worthwhile. That's all I'll say. Everything depends on the future..." Leo stopped short of saying more.
"How could there be dragons?" Maester Arman still shook his head. "Surely someone hasn't been misleading you?"
"All right, I'll tell you. All of Qarth is discussing it: why the red comet came, legends becoming reality, and magic dragons dancing once more. Marwyn the Magic Master supports this idea too."
Arman pursed his lips dismissively. "Marwyn is unreliable. Archmaester Perestan never pays him any attention."
"Archmaester Lyan thinks so too," Rooney said.
Leo yawned. "The sea has water,