[This definitely isn't going ideally, but Wolfwood isn't sure what else to do. Add is going to stay in the corner for a while so he can come back and eat whenever he's ready, though he's going to have to shapeshift if he wants any of this food. They won't be super filled by it, but there's enough for all of them, so like...why not?
It's good to see Ain actually go for the food though, even if he isn't super enthused by it. Wolfwood sighs and takes his own portion, sitting down next to the fire pit to start eating, heedless to the heat since fire doesn't bother him.
The long and short of it is that they both feel like massive failures of their species. Even coming across another human who is like "yeah I like men" had a different immediate response in both of them, and it seems Add's was to freak out and shove both feet in his mouth. Understandable, considering his background. Wolfwood, on the other hand...
He's going to stay quiet for a bit while he eats, staying in his human form not just for the fact it's easier to eat when you're small.]
...I didn't think humans could like men. Isn't that also kinda not conducive to the survival of your species?
[Look, it's not that he's not enthused with it, it's just that the panic and stress and injury is an appetite-killer. Ain eats, for what it's worth, he's just slower about it than he would be if he wasn't in a bad state right now. The boys are going to be So Shocked when Ain eats his entire weight in food in a week or two when this heals.]
Yeah, but it's not that common. Most people are heterosexual. There are some people that like both, but again, my kingdom outlaws same-sex relationships. Men, women, whatever, it doesn't matter.
[So, maybe they can see a little bit of why Ain didn't want to live there anymore.]
It's a secret I've been keeping for a long time. I was excited to tell someone, I guess. That's why I ran my mouth.
[At the very least, Ain will find it does taste pretty good. It is not even CLOSE to on par with the fine dining he's had at the castle, but...it's edible. It isn't burnt or raw, it's just not seasoned really. That's not something Wolfwood cann help though, unless maybe they raid a caravan carrying spices into the Kingdom or something.
Add is listening from afar, if the derisive sound he makes is anything to go by. Wolfwood, meanwhile, just feels like...yeah, that almost makes sense. Humans and Dragons aren't so different in that regard, though it sounds like the human race homophobia is more a thing of prejudice than survival.]
...look. I...I'll be the first to say that I fucked up, kidnappin' you. We've gone through a lot of Kingdoms at this point, and...I dunno what I was thinkin', really. Like Add says, we're desperate. You don't wanna go home, sure, but you're prolly not really happy here either. I don't think anyone would be.
[He sips his stew, glancing over at Add who is refusing to look at him right now. Like, these two have definitely fucked each other before. It's hard to tell what kind of relationship they have, just that it's more situationship right now than loving.]
I guess what I'm tryin' to say is...sorry. We didn't really mean to scare you so bad. And we really didn't want you to hurt yourself like you did.
[Ain sips the broth. It's plain, yes, but it's something. Honestly, with the last 24 hours he's had, it's better than not eating. He can complain all he wants, but this isn't going to get much better. It's not like Ain knows how to cook. He's almost certainly going to be a hazard if he tries, though the staff never really let him...
He frowns, staring down into the bowl, dragging his spoon along the inner edge.]
...I've never actually been happy, so it doesn't matter. If I go to another kingdom, they're going to return me to mine. I could wander in the wilderness, but I don't know how to take care of myself, and I'd probably get found anyway. This is at least quiet, and I don't have to write any stupid laws or be married off to a girl I'm not interested in.
[He doesn't really share what else goes on in his life. That's for later. The religious guilt and trauma is for way, way later.]
I just didn't want you to eat me. Since you were threatening me, in case you forgot about that part. He— [points at Add] —had to come in and yell at you to get you to stop, if you'll recall.
[Add is still sulking, but if the way his ears occasionally flick is anything to go by, he IS listening. Wolfwood kindof has more to answer for right now than Add does anyway (though Add DOES owe Ain an apology for the most recent outburst, one he's still too steamed over to give at the moment).
Wolfwood glances over at Ain out of the corner of his eye, and for a moment he isn't sure what to say. To Ain, it probably just sounds like he's been lying to him about why he kidnapped him in the first place, or he's insane, or both. He shoves a hunk of rabbit in his mouth and practically swallows it whole before he answers.]
I grabbed you on a whim. I needed to feel somethin' after months of failure, but then when I got you home...I was so frustrated over the fact that we wouldn't be able to do anythin' with you that I just wanted to eat you before Add could find out. It made me feel stupid.
Yeah, because it was stupid. Thanks so much for that, by the way. It definitely makes me feel a lot better.
[He is rolling his eyes. You'd think the literal constant panic attacks would keep him from sassing but no! No no! Ain has not a shred of filter when he's this upset. Or ever, actually.]
I guess, thanks for taking me away from my miserable home life.
I ain't tellin' you this to win brownie points. I'm just tellin' you the truth.
[Wolfwood huffs, looking ahead at the storm that's getting progressively worse, as if to reflect the state of what's going on in the cave right now. Wolfwood AND Add have historically been really terrible at emotions but this is really taking the cake.]
...the best we can offer you is to drop you off hundreds of miles away from home where they couldn't get you even if you were recognized. Let you start a new life somewhere, I dunno.
[Add suddenly scoffs:]
So you're letting him go. After all the trouble of getting him, is that it?
[To which Wolfwood turns and barks back:]
What do you WANT from me? YOU just fuckin' blew up on him, he's already tried to kill himself once, are you gonna tell me now he's better off here??
[Add gets up from his book pile, then, and for a second it looks like he might come after Wolfwood, sparks jumping off his leathery skin...but after a moment of standing there stanced up, he instead decides to storm out, disappearing into the watery night. Wolfwood watches, and for a moment he thinks about going after him...but he can't leave Ain here, so he just sighs and looks at his empty bowl.]
...he'll come back. Anyway, I dunno...it's up to you at this point. If you want to leave we'll get you somewhere safe, at least.
[...just. sets his empty bowl down. Lays down in the nest. Man, he can't deal with this marital spat. Ain feels bad about their population declining, but he doesn't know how he's supposed to help...]
To be clear, I tried to kill myself because my options were "be at home depressed" or "get eaten by dragons".
[He's also just super depressed though.]
Just let me think about it. It's not like I can go anywhere with this injury, can I? As much as I'm so sure this is an inconvenience for you...
I never said you were an inconvenience. If you were, we wouldn’t really have bothered to patch you up, or feed you.
[They could have just let him quietly bleed out and have that be that, but…here they are.
But Wolfwood won’t press the issue further now. Things are tense and the atmosphere is thick, so he’ll take their empty bowls and leave the uneaten food by the fire to stay warm until Add comes back. Though, he may end up going after him when Ain is asleep, thinking on it.]
...I'm sure you can tell, but I've been scared of you guys ever since. You guys constantly screaming doesn't help. ...I guess it doesn't matter too much. I'm a guest in your home, so whatever.
[Ain wiggles back under the blankets. He's not tired, but...]
Wolfwood isn’t sure what this feeling he’s feeling right now is, but he doesn’t like it. Frustration, guilt, shame…it’s not like he’s cared this much before.
Yet maybe there’s something to the fact he doesn’t shift forms when Ain says he’s afraid of him, despite having no reason to stay human right now.]
Dragons aren’t kind creatures. [He says, even though that’s kindof a lie but-] We’re dysfunctional, but we really only got each other anymore.
[…mm. He was going to wait, but…]
You okay here by yourself? I’m going to go find Add.
[He wasn’t asking that specifically, but…good to know he isn’t, at least. Wolfwood watches Ain for a moment longer before he heads for the cave mouth, waiting until he’s outside before he transforms and flies away.
He’ll be gone for two hours. It’s hard to say what happens during that time, at least until the pair do eventually come back when the storm is so bad they barely make it in time to cover the cave entrance so it doesn’t flood. The fire is still going enough to keep the place lit, enough that Ain will see the pair of dragons slowly walking back in, except both of them are littered with scratches and bites. Nothing lethal, but definitely marks not there when either left. They don’t come too close before transforming into their human forms silently, with Wolfwood watching Add until he walks over to sit by the fire pit and eat the food that’s long since gone cold. He hasn’t yet said anything, though he did look at Ain for a moment as he walked in before looking away. It’s hard to say what he’s thinking, but he definitely looked humbled.
Wolfwood, meanwhile, drops a little piece of cloth on the nest next to Ain, untying it. There’s a handful of wild berries inside, blackberries mostly, that he leaves there for him before he goes to sit by the fire and breathe more flames into it to get it going brightly again.]
[Ain is, surprisingly, asleep when Wolfwood and Add come back, not that he'd really intended to sleep. It's nighttime, though, and he's still sick... Well, in any case, Ain's sleepy baby ass is woken up by the boys, and when he looks up he's essentially blasted with NUTS thanks Wolfwood.]
Are these edible...?
[His voice is, expectedly, quite scratchy. And yes, he does see the marks all over both boys, and bites his tongue. Ugh. Glad you got all your fighting done outside, but maybe stop biting each other!!]
[Add speaks up from the other side of the fire pit, still not looking up as he eats his stew. Wolfwood, realizing Add just assumes Ain knows what those are, adds in a grumbling undertone:]
They’re edible. Add sprinkled some crushed up herbs that…they should make you better.
[Add rolls his eyes and explains since Wolfwood can’t.]
It should promote healing and help with the sickness. It’ll soothe any pain you might have.
Oh... okay. I like blackberries, but I've only ever had them on cakes before.
[Reminder: He was a rich brat until 24 hours ago. Or, well, a little less than that, but they're nearing that mark anyway. Ain sits up and carefully scoops up a handful, using his palm as a bowl to eat out of. They're far more tart when they're not on a cake, he's realising. Maybe that's part of the herbs.
Ugh, he's never going to have cake again, is he? This is the worst. Maybe he can find some way to build a stove and cook... it can't be that hard. And both dragons seem to know how to cook things, so it's just a matter of getting grains... mm, maybe Ain could start a farm for that, actually, he's good at gardening. That's the one thing his mother let him do.
Theoreticals to entertain later.]
They're a lot more sour when they're not mashed up into a dessert item.
...oh... no, I wasn't doing that. I just wanted to talk to someone, I guess, that's all. [Ain runs his hand back through his hair, finding that it comes off expectedly dirty and sweat-soaked. Coooool. Maybe when the rain stops he can dunk his head in water and clean off. He's sure he can't take a bath because of the stitches, but... yucky.] Thanks for saying sorry. And for patching up the wound. You didn't have to, but I appreciate it.
...sorry. It's just that you guys are larger than me, and I'm sort of just a squishy little human, so it's hard not to be scared sometimes. I'll get over it.
[As he eats, Add does happen to look over (he’s hanging on Ain’s response here, despite trying to make it seem like he doesn’t care), and he notices the way he touches his hair and seems bothered by how dirty it is.
>Add will remember that
Wolfwood is grabbing portions of the rest of the food from earlier kept warm by the fire, pouring the last bowl of stew that he places by the berries for Ain to eat if he wants. This was more for him anyway, since they can just go hunting.]
Is it better when we’re like this?
[Wolfwood asks, which kinda gives away the fact he probably made Add shift with him before they came back inside, soaked with rainwater as they are.]
[Yeah he's onto you— the apology and the shapeshifting have clued him in. Hm hmmm...
They're making an effort, so Ain will try his damnedest to calm down. It's fine, they're not hostile (possibly)...]
You're less scary, and wayyyy easy on the eyes. [Please GOD are you SCARED or HORNY.] Haha, I'll calm down about you guys being big lizards soon, I promise. Just give me a couple days. I have to grow to trust you more, I think.
[Every time Ain says something like that- how they're easy on the eyes, for example- Add goes from his usual pale purple to a DEEP red. He's finished his food by now, but like...that fluster hasn't gone away.
Mrhrhrhghg.]
Just tell me when you're finished eating. I'll bring you to where we bathe so you can wash your hair.
Oh, you saw that, huh... haha, I've never actually been this dirty. Um, is it okay to bathe with the wound?
[He honestly doesn't know. He might be giving himself a whore bath instead of submerging his lower body, but that's fine. They're dragons, so they probably don't care as much about nudity... Ain, though, very much does. Just because he's gone into objectification mode now doesn't mean he won't be super flustered when his head is clearer later. Like, you guys have got to put your nuts away.]
[Wolfwood is gathering up bowls and utensils as he says this, clearly intending to clean them when they're done. Seems like these dragons have SOME standards, standards they've undoubtedly come to learn in their attempts to get a Princess to stay with them. Time and again, they'd recoil at their hygiene, or their lack of cooking, or...clothes. The clothing isn't something they've seem to caught on to just yet, it seems.
But it's clear they're trying, in their own weird dysfunctional little way.]
You can't. You'll have to wipe yourself down, but you can still hold your head over the waterfall just fine.
[He'll eat, then, and when he's full sigh and stretch and ow ow ow okay no stretch stretch is bad— and then look over at Add and offer his most Polite, Nice Boy smile.]
Will you help me get to the waterfall? I don't know how badly I'll limp when I get up.
[Wolfwood and Add exchange a brief, wordless glance. Wolfwood just kindof looks at him and smirks in a way that is just...inexplicable as he continues gathering up stuff to wash. He'll just take it outside and rinse it with rainwater, let's be real. Meaning that this is all on Add...
Add's tail curls behind him as he gets up and makes his way over to where Ain is laying, looking down at him for a moment. Instead of leaning down to pull Ain's arm over his shoulders to help him walk deeper into the cave, as Ain probably expects, the dragon instead just
scoops Ain up. Completely. He pushes his arms up underneath his back and legs and scoops him into his arms against his chest before he turns and makes for deeper into the cave.]
It's not far, but it's also not close enough that you'd be able to make it with an injury like that.
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It's good to see Ain actually go for the food though, even if he isn't super enthused by it. Wolfwood sighs and takes his own portion, sitting down next to the fire pit to start eating, heedless to the heat since fire doesn't bother him.
The long and short of it is that they both feel like massive failures of their species. Even coming across another human who is like "yeah I like men" had a different immediate response in both of them, and it seems Add's was to freak out and shove both feet in his mouth. Understandable, considering his background. Wolfwood, on the other hand...
He's going to stay quiet for a bit while he eats, staying in his human form not just for the fact it's easier to eat when you're small.]
...I didn't think humans could like men. Isn't that also kinda not conducive to the survival of your species?
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Yeah, but it's not that common. Most people are heterosexual. There are some people that like both, but again, my kingdom outlaws same-sex relationships. Men, women, whatever, it doesn't matter.
[So, maybe they can see a little bit of why Ain didn't want to live there anymore.]
It's a secret I've been keeping for a long time. I was excited to tell someone, I guess. That's why I ran my mouth.
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Add is listening from afar, if the derisive sound he makes is anything to go by. Wolfwood, meanwhile, just feels like...yeah, that almost makes sense. Humans and Dragons aren't so different in that regard, though it sounds like the human race homophobia is more a thing of prejudice than survival.]
...look. I...I'll be the first to say that I fucked up, kidnappin' you. We've gone through a lot of Kingdoms at this point, and...I dunno what I was thinkin', really. Like Add says, we're desperate. You don't wanna go home, sure, but you're prolly not really happy here either. I don't think anyone would be.
[He sips his stew, glancing over at Add who is refusing to look at him right now. Like, these two have definitely fucked each other before. It's hard to tell what kind of relationship they have, just that it's more situationship right now than loving.]
I guess what I'm tryin' to say is...sorry. We didn't really mean to scare you so bad. And we really didn't want you to hurt yourself like you did.
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[Ain sips the broth. It's plain, yes, but it's something. Honestly, with the last 24 hours he's had, it's better than not eating. He can complain all he wants, but this isn't going to get much better. It's not like Ain knows how to cook. He's almost certainly going to be a hazard if he tries, though the staff never really let him...
He frowns, staring down into the bowl, dragging his spoon along the inner edge.]
...I've never actually been happy, so it doesn't matter. If I go to another kingdom, they're going to return me to mine. I could wander in the wilderness, but I don't know how to take care of myself, and I'd probably get found anyway. This is at least quiet, and I don't have to write any stupid laws or be married off to a girl I'm not interested in.
[He doesn't really share what else goes on in his life. That's for later. The religious guilt and trauma is for way, way later.]
I just didn't want you to eat me. Since you were threatening me, in case you forgot about that part. He— [points at Add] —had to come in and yell at you to get you to stop, if you'll recall.
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Wolfwood glances over at Ain out of the corner of his eye, and for a moment he isn't sure what to say. To Ain, it probably just sounds like he's been lying to him about why he kidnapped him in the first place, or he's insane, or both. He shoves a hunk of rabbit in his mouth and practically swallows it whole before he answers.]
I grabbed you on a whim. I needed to feel somethin' after months of failure, but then when I got you home...I was so frustrated over the fact that we wouldn't be able to do anythin' with you that I just wanted to eat you before Add could find out. It made me feel stupid.
You are stupid.
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[He is rolling his eyes. You'd think the literal constant panic attacks would keep him from sassing but no! No no! Ain has not a shred of filter when he's this upset. Or ever, actually.]
I guess, thanks for taking me away from my miserable home life.
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[Wolfwood huffs, looking ahead at the storm that's getting progressively worse, as if to reflect the state of what's going on in the cave right now. Wolfwood AND Add have historically been really terrible at emotions but this is really taking the cake.]
...the best we can offer you is to drop you off hundreds of miles away from home where they couldn't get you even if you were recognized. Let you start a new life somewhere, I dunno.
[Add suddenly scoffs:]
So you're letting him go. After all the trouble of getting him, is that it?
[To which Wolfwood turns and barks back:]
What do you WANT from me? YOU just fuckin' blew up on him, he's already tried to kill himself once, are you gonna tell me now he's better off here??
[Add gets up from his book pile, then, and for a second it looks like he might come after Wolfwood, sparks jumping off his leathery skin...but after a moment of standing there stanced up, he instead decides to storm out, disappearing into the watery night. Wolfwood watches, and for a moment he thinks about going after him...but he can't leave Ain here, so he just sighs and looks at his empty bowl.]
...he'll come back. Anyway, I dunno...it's up to you at this point. If you want to leave we'll get you somewhere safe, at least.
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To be clear, I tried to kill myself because my options were "be at home depressed" or "get eaten by dragons".
[He's also just super depressed though.]
Just let me think about it. It's not like I can go anywhere with this injury, can I? As much as I'm so sure this is an inconvenience for you...
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[They could have just let him quietly bleed out and have that be that, but…here they are.
But Wolfwood won’t press the issue further now. Things are tense and the atmosphere is thick, so he’ll take their empty bowls and leave the uneaten food by the fire to stay warm until Add comes back. Though, he may end up going after him when Ain is asleep, thinking on it.]
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...I'm sure you can tell, but I've been scared of you guys ever since. You guys constantly screaming doesn't help. ...I guess it doesn't matter too much. I'm a guest in your home, so whatever.
[Ain wiggles back under the blankets. He's not tired, but...]
My name is Ain, by the way.
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[Ain is a cute name, he finds himself thinking.
Wolfwood isn’t sure what this feeling he’s feeling right now is, but he doesn’t like it. Frustration, guilt, shame…it’s not like he’s cared this much before.
Yet maybe there’s something to the fact he doesn’t shift forms when Ain says he’s afraid of him, despite having no reason to stay human right now.]
Dragons aren’t kind creatures. [He says, even though that’s kindof a lie but-] We’re dysfunctional, but we really only got each other anymore.
[…mm. He was going to wait, but…]
You okay here by yourself? I’m going to go find Add.
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[Realistically, what's he gonna do? Hobble around some more and leave? No, he's just gonna lay under the covers and be a loaf for a while.]
He's your mate, so... Go get him. Don't get lost.
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He’ll be gone for two hours. It’s hard to say what happens during that time, at least until the pair do eventually come back when the storm is so bad they barely make it in time to cover the cave entrance so it doesn’t flood. The fire is still going enough to keep the place lit, enough that Ain will see the pair of dragons slowly walking back in, except both of them are littered with scratches and bites. Nothing lethal, but definitely marks not there when either left. They don’t come too close before transforming into their human forms silently, with Wolfwood watching Add until he walks over to sit by the fire pit and eat the food that’s long since gone cold. He hasn’t yet said anything, though he did look at Ain for a moment as he walked in before looking away. It’s hard to say what he’s thinking, but he definitely looked humbled.
Wolfwood, meanwhile, drops a little piece of cloth on the nest next to Ain, untying it. There’s a handful of wild berries inside, blackberries mostly, that he leaves there for him before he goes to sit by the fire and breathe more flames into it to get it going brightly again.]
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Are these edible...?
[His voice is, expectedly, quite scratchy. And yes, he does see the marks all over both boys, and bites his tongue. Ugh. Glad you got all your fighting done outside, but maybe stop biting each other!!]
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They’re blackberries.
[Add speaks up from the other side of the fire pit, still not looking up as he eats his stew. Wolfwood, realizing Add just assumes Ain knows what those are, adds in a grumbling undertone:]
They’re edible. Add sprinkled some crushed up herbs that…they should make you better.
[Add rolls his eyes and explains since Wolfwood can’t.]
It should promote healing and help with the sickness. It’ll soothe any pain you might have.
[Like ye olde Tylenol.]
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[Reminder: He was a rich brat until 24 hours ago. Or, well, a little less than that, but they're nearing that mark anyway. Ain sits up and carefully scoops up a handful, using his palm as a bowl to eat out of. They're far more tart when they're not on a cake, he's realising. Maybe that's part of the herbs.
Ugh, he's never going to have cake again, is he? This is the worst. Maybe he can find some way to build a stove and cook... it can't be that hard. And both dragons seem to know how to cook things, so it's just a matter of getting grains... mm, maybe Ain could start a farm for that, actually, he's good at gardening. That's the one thing his mother let him do.
Theoreticals to entertain later.]
They're a lot more sour when they're not mashed up into a dessert item.
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[Add makes a muffled sound, which is Wolfwood punching him in the arm. Don’t you have something to say…?
The purple dragon huffs, poking at a potato with his claw.]
…I’m sorry for scaring you, or whatever. I’m used to humans making fun of us when they find out what we are, so I thought you were patronizing me.
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...oh... no, I wasn't doing that. I just wanted to talk to someone, I guess, that's all. [Ain runs his hand back through his hair, finding that it comes off expectedly dirty and sweat-soaked. Coooool. Maybe when the rain stops he can dunk his head in water and clean off. He's sure he can't take a bath because of the stitches, but... yucky.] Thanks for saying sorry. And for patching up the wound. You didn't have to, but I appreciate it.
...sorry. It's just that you guys are larger than me, and I'm sort of just a squishy little human, so it's hard not to be scared sometimes. I'll get over it.
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>Add will remember that
Wolfwood is grabbing portions of the rest of the food from earlier kept warm by the fire, pouring the last bowl of stew that he places by the berries for Ain to eat if he wants. This was more for him anyway, since they can just go hunting.]
Is it better when we’re like this?
[Wolfwood asks, which kinda gives away the fact he probably made Add shift with him before they came back inside, soaked with rainwater as they are.]
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They're making an effort, so Ain will try his damnedest to calm down. It's fine, they're not hostile (possibly)...]
You're less scary, and wayyyy easy on the eyes. [Please GOD are you SCARED or HORNY.] Haha, I'll calm down about you guys being big lizards soon, I promise. Just give me a couple days. I have to grow to trust you more, I think.
[So scared-horny. Scorny.]
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Mrhrhrhghg.]
Just tell me when you're finished eating. I'll bring you to where we bathe so you can wash your hair.
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[He honestly doesn't know. He might be giving himself a whore bath instead of submerging his lower body, but that's fine. They're dragons, so they probably don't care as much about nudity... Ain, though, very much does. Just because he's gone into objectification mode now doesn't mean he won't be super flustered when his head is clearer later. Like, you guys have got to put your nuts away.]
I'm almost done, though. Promise.
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[Wolfwood is gathering up bowls and utensils as he says this, clearly intending to clean them when they're done. Seems like these dragons have SOME standards, standards they've undoubtedly come to learn in their attempts to get a Princess to stay with them. Time and again, they'd recoil at their hygiene, or their lack of cooking, or...clothes. The clothing isn't something they've seem to caught on to just yet, it seems.
But it's clear they're trying, in their own weird dysfunctional little way.]
You can't. You'll have to wipe yourself down, but you can still hold your head over the waterfall just fine.
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[He'll eat, then, and when he's full sigh and stretch and ow ow ow okay no stretch stretch is bad— and then look over at Add and offer his most Polite, Nice Boy smile.]
Will you help me get to the waterfall? I don't know how badly I'll limp when I get up.
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Add's tail curls behind him as he gets up and makes his way over to where Ain is laying, looking down at him for a moment. Instead of leaning down to pull Ain's arm over his shoulders to help him walk deeper into the cave, as Ain probably expects, the dragon instead just
scoops Ain up. Completely. He pushes his arms up underneath his back and legs and scoops him into his arms against his chest before he turns and makes for deeper into the cave.]
It's not far, but it's also not close enough that you'd be able to make it with an injury like that.
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