"Elements, everything about that sounded cruel and awful, and harmful. Why would you want to stand around waiting for people to beat within an inch of their lives?" Tea Gardner chastised.
Hoctac made withering, fearful whimpers.
"The only part of that that wasn't abhorrent was the snacks, that sounded nice."
Hoctac chirped and wiggled in Tea Gardner's hold. He felt exactly the same way about snacks.
"You are a very angry creature, Elements. The problem is that you don't have a human as your guardian and to lead you on a good path. You could be so much more. Instead of standing guard in the arena dungeon, you could learn to be good and even be part of teams people want to bring to the dungeon to defeat it."
Fire Sorcerer looked at Tea Gardner and Hoctac. She knew Hoctac was at risk of turning back into a primary schoolchild, and that Tea Gardner and Fire Sorcerer were at risk of banishment, without enough stones.
"Elements, I can handle all of your fire. If you'll let me, I'll be your guardian. I will give you plusses, and feed you Tamadra, and teach you to strike evil instead of adventurers. I can tame you. We can make a dungeoning team, with you as the leader and Hoctac as first mate. All that is needed, is that you would supply me with magic stones the way Hoctac shares his with Tea Gardner."
Fire Sorcerer reaches up and gives the humongous creature a pat on the forehead, hoping the affection will win him over.