He heard his name clearly as if Macklyn had been standing there next to him as he lingered on the corner of the busy street.
I have something for you.
He was curious now. The strangeness of his task began slowly to melt away to leave room for the curiosity to grow and flourish. Soon he was moving through the crowd without even so much as being bumped or jostled. As if he floated through them like a ghost. The only sound Eric made as he walked was the clatter of the sword at his hip. He had taken it from the other of himself as it had meaning.
Eric originally had stayed a dragon with the strong weapon and then had handed it to the White Lady before she had disappeared from the island. Now it had seemed to find its way back though it lacked the history from the dinosaur world. It would never know the jungle, the cave or the ocean. At least not yet.
Before too long Eric was rounding the corner of a residential style street, the small houses growing further and further apart from each other. Another few, quick vampire motions and he approached the place where Macklyn felt the strongest. He would show Macklyn all that happened during his time at the apartment, but later.
Now he was interested to see what his mate had uncovered.