The longing every Giant Dragon felt... to return home.
It looked at Coal Ball, struggling to maintain the rift, then at the rift itself, which threatened to close at any moment due to the unstable energy.
It knew it had to do something.
It looked at Raylo, its conviction reaffirmed. 'Choosing to befriend this human... might have been the best decision of my entire life.'
'To return to the Giant Dragon Realm...'
'It might actually become a reality.'
Astra slowly opened its massive jaws.
'I have to see it with my own eyes.'
'To see the sky of my homeland, a sky that has only ever existed in my bloodline memories.'
"ROAR!"
A deep roar, one that seemed to echo from the primordial past, reverberated in the skies above Black Stone Castle.
Astra's colossal draconic form slowly rose, obscuring half the night sky.
Lightning surged within its massive eyes, as if two thunderclouds were brewing inside.
