i shut up and let him talk . `` maintain your strengths , '' she said to me , reaching out and touching my hand . the speaker shook his hand and then dashed off the other end of the stage . but what she kept coming back to , again and again , was that she had n't told the dragon anything . they spoke later and seth had forgotten the details of the contract . no , it ca n't be possible ... can it ? who better than my big brother ? 