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Peace & Quiet [Solo] - B'sen - 18.May.13
He'd finally gotten some peace and quiet. Lith had gone hunting. Thank Faranth she had decided to do so alone instead of insisting he went with. He could feel her in the back of his mind, content as a dog with a bone. She hadn't found a stray herdbeast or wild wherry yet but she was on the prowl. He sipped his klah as he sat on his front porch, feet kicked up and watching the people wander by. He nodded hello to a few, shouted outrageous things to others. All in all he was having a fantastic time alone for once.
[lith]I don't like that train of thought, B'sen,[/lith] she complained suddenly, [lith]You love me don't you?[/lith] He rolled his eyes at her overly dramatic hurt tone. Now you know I do, Lith. Its just sometimes... How did he go about telling her that sometimes he just needed a break from her loud self? It was difficult to tell her things like that. She got so hurt for far longer than he ever thought she could, so usually he just avoided the issue. [lith]I know.. You need a break..[/lith] she lamented. She never could understand why he thought her so loud and so obnoxious all the time.
He ignored her. She'd be fine. They'd gone round this before and she'd always forgiven and forgotten. Until the next time anyway. He could feel her sudden pleasure, followed by a quick burst of her hunger and knew that she had finally captured a meal. She'd stuff herself to the gills and waddle on home. Content now that his dragon had forgotten his little irritation with her, B'sen closed his eyes and drifted off into a light slumber.
He was rudely awaked by a large green snout shoving his feet off the railing. With a grunt as his feet hit the floor B'sen's eyes flew open to glare balefully at Lith. She had the remnants of ichor around her bulging jaws. Wait.. Bulging jaws? What had she done? Eaten half and decide to save the rest for later? "Well? What have you got?" he said, eyes narrowing. She rumbled with delight as she set her cargo on the floor, [lith]Look what I found![/lith] she exclaimed with elation, [lith]I found a pretty egg![/lith]
His eyes darted to her treasure with shock. An egg? What could she possibly mean by that? An egg. She was crazy. But as he looked the thing over it dawned on him that indeed it was an egg. Given the size he was guessing firelizard. [lith]It will hatch and I will have a little minion,[/lith] she crowed. "If it's not a dud, Lith. It could be a dud you know. It happens with firelizards a lot more often than dragons," he tried to reason. But she would have none of it, [lith]No! It will hatch and probably right now, if the shaking its doing is a guess,[/lith]. Shock turned into delighted surprise as the egg began to shake and rock.
"Well shit..." he whispered before rushing into the hut. Slamming cupboards and platters around, B'sen searched for a likely bit of food. "Aha!" he yelled when his hand encountered a basket that held a bit of bread and meats. Good thing that kitchen drudge loved him so well or he wouldn't have had anything in his spare kitchen. Tripping over the threshold he landed with a gasp right in front of the rocking egg. Just in time for a crunch to sound as the egg split in half. A small green body tumbled to the hard floor and began immediately to creel and cry its hunger. With a grimace, B'sen stuffed as much food down her tiny throat as he could. [lith]A minion![/lith] Lith purred, [lith]I told you, I'd have a minion.[/lith] He laughed, "So you did, love. So you did."
The little green cocked her head and regarded B'sen with a look of fascination. She bounded forwards and backwards, spreading her drying wings for balance. He chuckled as he skittered his hand across the wood floor. The firelizard watched with curiosity as he brought it back and forth in front of her. With a little cry the green hopped twice before pouncing on his moving hand. "Ouch! Watch the teeth! Crazy little thing," he burst out before playing the game again. The firelizards eyes spun with a brilliant blue as she bounced back and forth and finally onto his hand once more, this time going easy with the teeth.
"What should her name be Lith?" he asked. The green dragon cocked her head this way and that as she watched the little version of her bounce across the floor, [lith]She bounces real good. She almost bounces better than me. Bounce is a good name, we should call her bounce.[/lith] "Bounce it is!" he declared.