Oh, empty my heart
Smirking, Seren held up her hand and measured out a small distance between finger and thumb. "Little bit," she agreed. Because leaning into the joke was far more fun than defending herself.
She had just started to relax when Sah's sharp command and a faint line of annoyance from Umbra had her spin around alongside her friend to see what was going on. It was all she could do not to laugh at the sight. The tiny, furry ball of indignation seemed impossibly small against the hulking form of the dragon. Lilly would probably fit quite snugly in Umbra's open jaws, and it was only good fortune that kept him from demonstrating this.
But the dragon never had anything against the wolf cub. His consternation was more puzzled than truly offended, and he didn't even move from where he lay, with chin flat against the ground. All Lilly got for her threatening growls was a huff of smoke blown her way from flared nostrils - white and wispy, more steam than anything acrid or foul.
Biting the inside of her cheek, Seren hunched down to hold her hands out at the little companion. "That's right, you tell him, girl," she whispered. "Maybe you can make him understand what is right and wrong better than I. Can you forgive me, for putting your Sah in danger?" The outstretched hands was a peace offering; to bite or ignore, or accept as the little one pleased. She would take it, whatever came.
Sah tumbled to the ground beside her then, proclaiming exhaustion, and Seren blinked down at him for a moment. "You will catch a cold if you fall asleep like that," she pointed out. But it did look very inviting... and after only a moments consideration she sank down into the grass herself. It was tall enough that she could barely see Sah when stretched out, and she kept some distance between them. With all the hugs and touches that seemed inevitable between them, Seren was gradually losing some of the trepidation such things usually invoked in her. But she still didn't know where the limits were, what was too much... Only an arm flung out in Sah's direction suggested that she wasn't exactly withdrawing, so much as trying to respect boundaries.
She had just started to relax when Sah's sharp command and a faint line of annoyance from Umbra had her spin around alongside her friend to see what was going on. It was all she could do not to laugh at the sight. The tiny, furry ball of indignation seemed impossibly small against the hulking form of the dragon. Lilly would probably fit quite snugly in Umbra's open jaws, and it was only good fortune that kept him from demonstrating this.
But the dragon never had anything against the wolf cub. His consternation was more puzzled than truly offended, and he didn't even move from where he lay, with chin flat against the ground. All Lilly got for her threatening growls was a huff of smoke blown her way from flared nostrils - white and wispy, more steam than anything acrid or foul.
Biting the inside of her cheek, Seren hunched down to hold her hands out at the little companion. "That's right, you tell him, girl," she whispered. "Maybe you can make him understand what is right and wrong better than I. Can you forgive me, for putting your Sah in danger?" The outstretched hands was a peace offering; to bite or ignore, or accept as the little one pleased. She would take it, whatever came.
Sah tumbled to the ground beside her then, proclaiming exhaustion, and Seren blinked down at him for a moment. "You will catch a cold if you fall asleep like that," she pointed out. But it did look very inviting... and after only a moments consideration she sank down into the grass herself. It was tall enough that she could barely see Sah when stretched out, and she kept some distance between them. With all the hugs and touches that seemed inevitable between them, Seren was gradually losing some of the trepidation such things usually invoked in her. But she still didn't know where the limits were, what was too much... Only an arm flung out in Sah's direction suggested that she wasn't exactly withdrawing, so much as trying to respect boundaries.
I've got to make room for this feeling
SEREN
