02.Jun.13, 05:05 PM
"He doesn't mind at all," Tal assured Isscer, still gently running his fingers up and down the length of Khaduceth's snout. "He watches through my eyes when I work...Sometimes he asks questions, even though he doesn't really have to. He could just read my mind and know whatever I know, but I think he chooses to ask because he wants to heart me explain it..." It was hard to describe his interactions with Khaduceth, really. The dragon was so sweet and politely interested in the boy's craft, so much that he trusted Talian's words on the matter more than his own probing. Tal often suspected that it was more a respect thing than anything else. Yes, that was the word...
"...He respects me. I don't think most dragons really give a shard about being a proper 'rider' and all that....That's very much a human thing, I think. Some of the ones in my class are competitive with one another, but I doubt they would be if their rider wasn't into it, too." He'd heard of contrary dragons, but having been bonded to a beast like Khaduceth, he could barely comprehend it. Khaduceth would never do anything to make him unhappy. "He just wants me to be happy. We're not very good at flying or anything like that, to be honest...and if the others laugh, he scolds them. He just doesn't care."
Tal knew he'd needed a dragon like Khaduceth. He didn't believe in fate or anything like that, but it was plain weird how perfect this particular dragon was. "...No other dragon would be right. I'll never know how he found me," he confessed. He shook his head a bit. "...I don't really have the answer."
And that drives you insane Khaduceth said with dry affection. He turned towards the boy and butted him lightly with his nose. I love you.
"...He respects me. I don't think most dragons really give a shard about being a proper 'rider' and all that....That's very much a human thing, I think. Some of the ones in my class are competitive with one another, but I doubt they would be if their rider wasn't into it, too." He'd heard of contrary dragons, but having been bonded to a beast like Khaduceth, he could barely comprehend it. Khaduceth would never do anything to make him unhappy. "He just wants me to be happy. We're not very good at flying or anything like that, to be honest...and if the others laugh, he scolds them. He just doesn't care."
Tal knew he'd needed a dragon like Khaduceth. He didn't believe in fate or anything like that, but it was plain weird how perfect this particular dragon was. "...No other dragon would be right. I'll never know how he found me," he confessed. He shook his head a bit. "...I don't really have the answer."