Hey, starchild, are you listening?
The starkness of the wall and a sharp smell of rubbing alcohol would have been enough to put Seren on edge, even without the scowling nurse. Put two unpleasants together, and she soon fought a strong urge to crouch so that she would be less noticeable. Being ushered into the empty room would have been more comforting if it had not been for the heated voices, and by the time the doctor entered, both girl and dragon turned to her with eyes wide and wild with nerves.
Seren's return smile was automatic, if perhaps a touch unsure. It took her off guard when strangers knew her name. "Oh, ah, hello. Do we look that much alike? He hasn't mentioned you." Perhaps he might have, if Seren had only stayed put. Belatedly, she realized how rude that comment sounded. "Sorry, that is... I don't seem to recall your name." Too late, Seren.
The dragon saved her by cutting in with a low throaty warble, in response to the reassurance. Slithering down from Seren's shoulders, he dropped to the floor and wound himself around her legs, before slipping off to snuffle in a corner. She wished he had stayed close; it seemed much less daunting to face the kind, exhausted smile of the doctor with a dragon in her hands.
"We were playing," she explained in a bashful murmur, while holding out her bleeding arm to be examined. "Umbra came in to land on my arm, but lost balance... He is growing too big for it, I think."
Seren's return smile was automatic, if perhaps a touch unsure. It took her off guard when strangers knew her name. "Oh, ah, hello. Do we look that much alike? He hasn't mentioned you." Perhaps he might have, if Seren had only stayed put. Belatedly, she realized how rude that comment sounded. "Sorry, that is... I don't seem to recall your name." Too late, Seren.
The dragon saved her by cutting in with a low throaty warble, in response to the reassurance. Slithering down from Seren's shoulders, he dropped to the floor and wound himself around her legs, before slipping off to snuffle in a corner. She wished he had stayed close; it seemed much less daunting to face the kind, exhausted smile of the doctor with a dragon in her hands.
"We were playing," she explained in a bashful murmur, while holding out her bleeding arm to be examined. "Umbra came in to land on my arm, but lost balance... He is growing too big for it, I think."
Seren
