Christopher Paolini
Most dragons didn’t wait very long to hatch. The only reason Saphira did was because, even in the egg, she knew she was in danger. As for how the Riders knew which child a dragon had picked — as I believe I said somewhere in the books, the guardians of the eggs would monitor the mind of the unhatched dragon, and thus would be able to tell when it had made a decision. And not just because the dragon’s thoughts would change, but because the decision would initiate first the hatching process, and then the bonding process mandated and mediated by the magical pact between dragons and Riders.
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Oh goodness, this is fantastic! Hi, first of all. I'm a huge fan the Inheritance Cycle. Huge fan. Which of course brings me to my question. Do you, by any chance, have a name for your fifth book? It might seem like a silly question, but I have to know. It's been driving me crazy!
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