Faolan's breathing nearly stopped. The dragon growled deeply, it's hot breath rolling over the two of them. Faolan reached out to G'reg, but received nothing in response. He'd have to figure this out on his own; there had to be a way for both of them to make it out alive surely. Maybe if the two of them could appeal to a dragon's vain nature.
"What's this?" said the dragon, its long body weaving through the grass out of sight. "Oh, one little humanoid elf and some kind of disgusting creature. My my, how delightful."
Faolan swallowed. "We don't mean any trouble," he said quickly, and quietly. "Just passing through."
The dragon's head was flat and wide, very reminiscent of a serpent. The thing that set it apart the most were rows of oddly shaped scales on the sides of its neck. They looked almost like claws, and they were tucked under scaled flaps right underneath the skin. They did not protrude very far. Faolan gathered that this dragon was upset, but not as hostile as previously thought.
But very very close.
"Just passing through," the dragon hummed. "That's what they all say. You don't mean any harm but you reek of dragonkin. Elf, you are not dragonkin."
"I am not," Faolan replied.
"So why are you out here in the grass, hmmm? Very dangerous for your kind." The dragon wound around them closer. Faolan hadn't realized how big this creature actually was, but they were surrounded by unseen coils and he could hear them. Auxina probably could have flown, but he was trapped on foot. "And what of the other creature?"
The dragon slithered forward a bit, revealing a huge brown and green striped body with tiny legs and a black underbelly. It arched it's head over Faolan to look Auxina right in the eye, snorting at her.
"You smell foreign," the dragon growled. "Why so quiet? Afraid?" And it showed every single one of its teeth in a wretched smile. "You should be."
"What's this?" said the dragon, its long body weaving through the grass out of sight. "Oh, one little humanoid elf and some kind of disgusting creature. My my, how delightful."
Faolan swallowed. "We don't mean any trouble," he said quickly, and quietly. "Just passing through."
The dragon's head was flat and wide, very reminiscent of a serpent. The thing that set it apart the most were rows of oddly shaped scales on the sides of its neck. They looked almost like claws, and they were tucked under scaled flaps right underneath the skin. They did not protrude very far. Faolan gathered that this dragon was upset, but not as hostile as previously thought.
But very very close.
"Just passing through," the dragon hummed. "That's what they all say. You don't mean any harm but you reek of dragonkin. Elf, you are not dragonkin."
"I am not," Faolan replied.
"So why are you out here in the grass, hmmm? Very dangerous for your kind." The dragon wound around them closer. Faolan hadn't realized how big this creature actually was, but they were surrounded by unseen coils and he could hear them. Auxina probably could have flown, but he was trapped on foot. "And what of the other creature?"
The dragon slithered forward a bit, revealing a huge brown and green striped body with tiny legs and a black underbelly. It arched it's head over Faolan to look Auxina right in the eye, snorting at her.
"You smell foreign," the dragon growled. "Why so quiet? Afraid?" And it showed every single one of its teeth in a wretched smile. "You should be."
