Upon receiving the reminder from the Brass Dragon, Leon immediately abandoned his work, reverted to his Dragon Form, and left Steam Lake. Failing to locate Tassera in the Oasis City, he decided to head directly towards the Blue Dragon's lair when he found the Efreeti seated on a rock in the middle of the desert.
About ten minutes later, a black man appeared riding a camel from behind the dunes, heading towards the Efreeti.
"Master." The black man dismounted the camel.
"You are late." The Efreeti stood up, crushing the sun-dried bones of some unknown animal underfoot, and gazed down at the black man. He was the first servant taken after the Efreeti's return from the Fire Element Plane, rewarded with just a bit of knowledge, shaping the man's reverence towards him nearly divine.
