Barclay hesitated, his mouth open. He hadn't been there, he hadn't really seen how it happened, he had little insight into what was the cause. Gold. Once again, gold had caused Ashton to act out, but how they were supposed to stop that? Barclay didn't know.
Dragons liked their treasure, all the books said. None of the books mentioned how you could get a dragon to stop loving their treasure.
"I don't know, Ashton," Barclay said, putting an arm around his shoulders. "But running away? I'm pretty sure that won't solve anything." Barclay had seen enough Disney movies to know that running away didn't solve anything.