skyagain | catchall rupert

[porridge looks up at him and makes a curious chirping noise.]

Don't worry, I won't let him out of the room! Pretty sure he wants you to pet him, though.

[ he is so expecting this dragon to bite. but it's fine. he has gloves on.

he very warily... holds out his hand to the dragon like you would a feral cat. ]

How'd you get a dragon, anyway?

[porridge lightly headbutts him in the hand. he demands pets.]

Oh, we were traveling through a forest and we had to take shelter in a cave because of a storm once. We found his egg in there and it hatched not long after.

[ cloud... pets the porridge. gently. hesitantly. like he has never pet a creature before. ]

Didn't see any sign of the parent anywhere?

[happy dragon noises ensue. it is very cute.]

No, we aren't sure what happened to it... But we've been raising him since that.

[ it IS cute. cloud is kind of enamored but refuses to show it. instead he just. keeps petting the dragon ]

Guess that explains why he's so friendly. How long has it been now?

Uh... Two months in the school, and then four months back home, so - six altogether now.

So you'd just gotten the dragon when you went to that murder school?

[ which is for murders ]

Yeah, about a day or two before. So he was really young when we both got there.

Hm.

[ he scritches the dragon under the chin? do dragons like this. porridge is getting a spa treatment. ]

Must've been weirder for him to go back.

[porridge accepts all scritches equally. his tail swishes back and forth a little.]

Yeah... But there's a lot more space back home, so I think he liked it a lot better there. Hopefully it'll get less cramped here as the weeks go by.