[SE] Sun on the Water

It was a shame he hadn’t come across any of these books yet, they seemed like a fun time, if one was willing to put up with some indignity. ”I can’t imagine what his reaction must have been!” He could hardly get his words out through the fit of Laughter that came just from imagining such a scene. With his eyes shielded against the sun, Caiside could only feel Jigano shift, but a change of position sounded good to him. His skin was warmed, almost uncomfortably hot actually, and the cool bottom of the boat felt like heaven against his skin. ”Dragons on my world grow the opposite, they become great hulking creatures in a matter of months, then their bodies slow down and their minds catch up. It’s said they never stop growing, that the oldest, Aretiano, is as large as a mountain and can no longer move.” Of course, all he had to go on for this information was stories, folklore at best. Jigano’s description sounded strange to Caiside, all of it so unlike what he was familiar with. ”The one I met was a pompous little creature, but I don’t believe I could call him evil. At least not unequivocally.” Honestly, Caiside felt he would have to do a lot of introspection to call anything unequivocally evil, and that was not effort that he was willing to put in. ”The colours are only relevant for ‘true’ dragons, but they’re just one of a handful of species.” He laughed a little, trying to stall for time as he struggled to coax more knowledge from his mind. ”It never seemed fair to me that they were called that. It’s all because of a legend that says they’re directly descended from the First.” Caiside I have never been allowed to be Holy, I have never been forgiven for Wanting;