The brat remained frozen for a few seconds, staring at Arad with a baffled face. Claug grabbed Arad by the ear and pulled him close to her. "Give the kid some slack." She, too, could smell him. While the brat smelled like one of Gale's wives, he didn't smell like Gale at all.
"Why?" Arad looked at her, and she shook her head. "Just don't."
The brat laughed, "Look at who's getting dragged around by his wife."
Arad looked at him, "Where is yours?"
Arad and the brat were almost about to start screaming at each other. And at the same time, Alice asked Claug about what was going on.
Claug shrugged her head and told Alice that while the brat smelled like one of Gale's wives, he didn't smell like him at all. A dragon's nose isn't always accurate since some perfumes and spells can mislead it. What both she and Arad could understand is that the brat is most likely not Gale's son.
