Fall on me with open arms. Fall on me from where you are
The call of the white one made the hatchling swell visibly. Torn between fear and intrigue, his attention divided between man and dragon until both could be observed at once. A warbling trill was returned, tentative and questioning; what the hell was going on here?
Seren hardly dared breathe, in case it would startle the youngling. Long scratches along her underarms stung and itched, but she had no time for them yet. Pulling her hair away, she twisted and turned so she could observe the dragon closer. Already the size of a half-grown cat, he had oversized paws that looked dexterious and agile, and wings that flopped about in an ungainly way across her shoulders. A clumsy puppy to Sugar's elegant cat. "He really is... Is that unusual?" she asked. "I think he's going to grow big..."
Catching a glimpse of silvery horns on the wedge-shaped head, she reached up and let her fingers trace the side of the reptile. Warm and supple under her touch, the dragon recoiled at first, but not far, and not for long; soon he was leaning into it, and the spined tail coiled this way and that in contentment.
Seren hardly dared breathe, in case it would startle the youngling. Long scratches along her underarms stung and itched, but she had no time for them yet. Pulling her hair away, she twisted and turned so she could observe the dragon closer. Already the size of a half-grown cat, he had oversized paws that looked dexterious and agile, and wings that flopped about in an ungainly way across her shoulders. A clumsy puppy to Sugar's elegant cat. "He really is... Is that unusual?" she asked. "I think he's going to grow big..."
Catching a glimpse of silvery horns on the wedge-shaped head, she reached up and let her fingers trace the side of the reptile. Warm and supple under her touch, the dragon recoiled at first, but not far, and not for long; soon he was leaning into it, and the spined tail coiled this way and that in contentment.
Seren
