What about your core?

Upon their return to the palace, Draven immediately took Rhea to her room, with Lilac following closely behind. He gently placed her on the bed, and at that very moment, Ethan, who had stationed spies around Rhea's room to inform him of her arrival, rushed into the room.

"What happened to Rhea_mighty dragon? What kind of creature is this?!" Ethan froze in his tracks as his gaze fell upon a young girl with two broken wings on her back, standing beside Rhea's bed. He examined the small girl from head to toe, then turned to Draven.

"Draven, where did you find this thing?" he inquired, but Draven was too preoccupied with caring for Rhea to respond.

However, Lilac, who had heard Ethan referring to her as if she were an inanimate object, retorted, "What? Myself is a living being, sir! Myself is not a thing!" she snapped.