Reyla Nefram
They couldn't understand eachother.
It wasn't a new realization—in fact, it had been looming in the back of Rey's mind for a while now—but, until now, she hadn't had much time to ponder it. Now that Rey could take a moment to simply sit and chew, various tidbits of advice bounced...
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For a split second, Rey was frozen in place. There was no way to tell if her plan (if it could even be called that) had worked. She sidled awkwardly behind Thunder—as if hiding herself might let the goblin forget about her entirely—only to peek impatiently around him as the...
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The market stalls were strangely reminiscent of the rows of human merchants that would gather at festivals and call out to any passersby that looked like they had coin to spare. Sure, the colors were a bit dimmer, and there was an odd decoration here or there that differed from...
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Rey surveyed the dens below warily. Even in the early morning, more dragons than she'd ever seen together before in her life were milling about. Had there been a few less, she would've started following the usual threat-assessment steps—gauging color, anatomy, and surroundings to...
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"I'm up, I'm up!" Rey groaned, waving a careless hand through the air to swat Fletcher away only for it to land on scaly skin. Her eyes blinked open with a bleary squint against the sun that had begun to shine into the room. Silhouetted against it was a large figure that was...
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Reyla rolled her eyes at Thunder's growl and hunched down in preparation for take off. "No need to get all gruUUUUMPY-" Her halfhearted complaint quickly turned to a yelp when they shot into the air at breakneck speed. A frenzied smile broke onto her face as she clung to the spike...
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Reyla resisted the urge to bite back with another retort. It didn't take a genius to know he was growling something rude. Still, even if the thought of magically gluing his mouth shut was tempting, it wouldn't make things any better. And she needed to conserve her spellcasting...
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Rey sighed and picked the gem up with exasperated half-smile (it was just something she'd have to get used to, she supposed). "This doesn't mean I'm happy with any of this," She huffed with a sidelong glare in Thunder's direction. The statement lacked any real bite, only falling...
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Reyla followed Thunder's gaze and eyed the poster warily. It took a long moment to decode the crude depictions of dragons and ogres, but once she recognized the shapes, it clicked rather quickly what the poster meant. She couldn't be right, though. Could she? Because if she was...
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Rey followed Thunder's gaze, finding it to land on the dark green dragon from before. She squinted at it- him? -taking in the vines and bouncing gait. They distantly reminded her of Thunder's fireside prancing. Rey held back a snort at the thought (she was never letting him live...
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Rey nearly jumped out of her skin at the sight of the roaring dragons. Razor sharp teeth, gargantuan claws, not to mention the wings... there wasn't a single thing about them that didn't sing killing machine. Even their allies seemed to cower beneath their might, scrambling from...
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In any other situation, Rey would've taken Thunder's bared teeth as a threat. Instead, she found his grin absolutely goofy- even if it displayed the razor sharpness of his fangs... Okay, maybe it was a little threatening. However, it didn't fail to bring an amused smile to her own...
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With only a few flaps Thunder's wings, they had been launched into the air with the force of a catapult. Rey leaned forward and shut her eyes, gripping to the spine in front of her like it was her last lifeline. She would've stayed like that for their entire flight had it been...
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Perhaps it was just her imagination, but Thunder looked horribly forlorn as he stared distantly into the sky. The expression was reminiscent of the look she had worn when she'd left her first home... but what could a dragon be homesick for? Rey wondered, a little uneasily, if the...
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Rey snorted. A broad grin spread across her face as she tried to hold back a giggle. If his excited bounding about didn't break her resolve, then the fact that apparently dragons could purr did. She burst into a hearty laughter that made her stomach sore. As her amused cackles...
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Rey couldn't stop a twinge of worry when Thunder disappeared into the forest. Was he going to leave her here? Still, she remained at her post by the river. He'd come back, she was sure of it. And even if he didn't, why should she care? She could manage perfectly well on her own...
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Sunlight! The way is shone against the half-melted snow was blindingly bright, but her eyes adjusted quickly, leaving her with the scene of a lazy mountainside stream overlooking the forest below. Cold as she still was, the sun's warmth felt better than a thousand blankets in...
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Thunder dipped beneath the water and -for a moment- Rey was convinced he'd left her, but he resurfaced mere seconds later (leaving her a bit guilty for even thinking that). Her eyebrows furrowed as his wings twitched. Was he trying to tell her something? She swam closer, nearly...
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Reyla sighed and shouldered her pack once again. She stood for a solemn moment, gazing into creature's empty eyes, wondering what it's last thoughts were.
A loud splash ripped her from her mind's wanderings. She whipped around -hand clenched against her crossbow- only to find...
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Rey watched with grim curiosity as Thunder pinned the creature down. Was he talking to it? Could he even talk with it? Whatever the case, he looked oddly reverent for a moment, and then -in the blink of an eye- he had slashed it's throat open. The creature died within seconds...