The Earth Dragon lunged forward, attacking at maximum velocity, yet Mel drifted backward in time. It was as though he were reliving the moments he commanded his entire body, or at least harbored the illusion that he did. While the Earth Dragon charged to drink its enemy's blood, he reminisced about hatching from his egg and dragging his brother out alongside him, but it didn't take long for him to snap back to the battlefield.
The Earth Dragon's heart, enshrouded by the Dark Element and sharing the exact same emotions, began to burn; it felt as if it were being scorched from the inside out. It attacked relentlessly for minutes on end; it chased, the Green Dragon evaded, and throughout this entire span, it failed to land a solitary strike.
