Estella leaned against the doorframe and rolled her eyes. Merry was telling the children a bedtime story, and as usual, it had turned into theatrics.
“And Lady Eowyn was what?”
“The greatest dragon slayer in history!” shrieked Rory, bouncing on the bed.
“Yes! And what did she eat to help her slay the dragons?”
“Vegetables!” screamed the children, and Merry waved the wooden sword around gleefully.
“Yes! And then she would sneak slowly and silently into the dragon’s lair, and as the dragon breathed fire at her, she ducked and stabbed him. Like this!”
Screams and laughter ensued as Merry pretended to be both the dragon and Lady Eowyn. Estella rolled her eyes and wondered what the lady would think if she knew she had become a dragon slayer.