Hey, hey!
No outsiders allowed!

Let me through!
I'm Rita Mordio of the Imperial
Blastia Research Laboratory.

Oh, you're a mage from Aspio?
Excuse me!

Oh, but you can't just
do as you please! Let
me go and ask the--

Huh, I could use some
of her attitude.

I think you have
plenty already...

Hey! Listen to this!!

It was like bam! A spear went thunk!
The blastia went bang! And he
flew off into the sky like whoosh!

Who did what how... huh?

Someone riding a flying dragon

threw a giant spear at the blastia!

And then just flew off!

A human riding a dragon?
No way.

I've never heard of anything like that before.

That's what I thought too, but a
bunch of people here saw it happen!

They say it was a “dragon rider”.

A dragon rider... Hmmm.
Well, the world's just full of surprises.

Hey! What do you think
you're doing?! Let me go!

There she goes again.

Something is definitely strange
with this blastia formula!

There's nothing
strange at all.
Perhaps you are...

Just who do you
think I am?!

I'm well aware of who you are.
The famed genius mage, correct?

But surely there are
some formulas that even
you aren't familiar with!

You can't use a weird formula like
this! Think of the poor blastia!

H-Hey! Stop gawking
and help us catch her!

Fire! Hey, fiiiiire!

What's with that kid?

A fire? I don't hear anything
or smell anything...

Hey! You little liar!

Crap...they caught on that fast?

Hey! You are with that kid...

Wait a minute... You -- there's a warrant for your--

It's now or never!

Argh, you little-- wait!

I'm sorry.

Hey! Stop goofing off
and help catch that kid!

Damn...!