24.Feb.21, 08:36 AM
“Okay!” Kalea said happily, clapping her hands together and bouncing closer to A’tay as he put the bag back on his dragon and the contents back within in. When he asked if they should head back, Kalea’s nose scrunched up and she pouted, but then she sighed a big sigh and her shoulders slumped. “I guess we should,” she said sadly, looking around at the beach and then up towards the sky. It wasn’t too late yet, but it was certainly well into the afternoon and Kalea knew her siblings would start to miss her soon, if they weren’t already. Her face screwed up again.
“I really don’t want to,” she said sulkily, honesty in her voice as she reached out boldly to pat at Xyxyth’s side, enjoying the smooth feel of the dragon’s hide. “but Fen will be grumpy if he knows I was out here for so long. And I’m hungry.” Eating the creature had sparked her hunger, even though it was somewhere between lunch and dinner time, it wasn’t close enough to either for her tummy to not object. Kalea grinned up at A’tay. “And I can ask the kitchen people about the things in the tide pools!” She said excitedly.
She turned her bright smile on Xyxyth, before turning back to A’tay; “Can I really ride with you?” She asked with wide eyes, still stroking Xyxyth’s soft hide with a gentle touch.
“I really don’t want to,” she said sulkily, honesty in her voice as she reached out boldly to pat at Xyxyth’s side, enjoying the smooth feel of the dragon’s hide. “but Fen will be grumpy if he knows I was out here for so long. And I’m hungry.” Eating the creature had sparked her hunger, even though it was somewhere between lunch and dinner time, it wasn’t close enough to either for her tummy to not object. Kalea grinned up at A’tay. “And I can ask the kitchen people about the things in the tide pools!” She said excitedly.
She turned her bright smile on Xyxyth, before turning back to A’tay; “Can I really ride with you?” She asked with wide eyes, still stroking Xyxyth’s soft hide with a gentle touch.