It was probably lucky for both of them that Boreal wasn't the type to take being insulted from a distance. At least, not by her very own chosen human, who was too busy worrying about the man in the water to realize there was an even bigger scaly problem behind him.
She was pretty sure Tal had only survived as long as he had because he had her to look out for him.
Folding her wings, the dragon turned in the sky and dove with a flash of predatory glee. The emotional pulse finally caught the courier's attention and he looked up in surprise to see his companion above him instead of behind him. He wasn't given time to look back, however, before she completed her strafing run, breathing a jet of fire over the stalking log before lifting back into the sky.
There was good news and bad news for Fox at this development.
The good news was that the allogator, now smoking along its topside, was no longer hunting him.
The bad news was that it was now charging for the water to escape the burning along its back, and it was directly between him and the shore.
"Fuck!" Tal opined succinctly.
She was pretty sure Tal had only survived as long as he had because he had her to look out for him.
Folding her wings, the dragon turned in the sky and dove with a flash of predatory glee. The emotional pulse finally caught the courier's attention and he looked up in surprise to see his companion above him instead of behind him. He wasn't given time to look back, however, before she completed her strafing run, breathing a jet of fire over the stalking log before lifting back into the sky.
There was good news and bad news for Fox at this development.
The good news was that the allogator, now smoking along its topside, was no longer hunting him.
The bad news was that it was now charging for the water to escape the burning along its back, and it was directly between him and the shore.
"Fuck!" Tal opined succinctly.
