"My name's Daring Do, but you lot know me as A. K. Yearling. Good storyteller, right? I’ve heard that joke before. My books are nothing. If you wanna hear a really good story, you've gotta hear it from the horse's mouth. Grab a drink and dig that wax outta your ears."

"One was a living ruby with the heartbeat of a loving soul. I watched as she plunged into the ocean, fizzling as she sank into the depths. One was a cold, grey stone that whispered nightmares and predicted impending doom for the world. I didn't get along with that one. This is the story of me and those stones, and a bunch of griffin treasure hunters under a mountain, and how I came closer to dying than ever before."

"Hey, it's me telling the story, so you know it's gotta be good, right?"