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    Assailant -- Year 226

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    "But the dream, the echo, slips from him as quickly as he had found it and as consciousness comes to him (a slap and not the gentle waves of oceanic tides), it dissolves entirely. His muscles relax as the cold claims him again, as the numbness sets in, and when his grey eyes open, there’s nothing but the faint after burn of a dream often trod and never remembered." --Brigade, written by Laura


    Beauty is a beast // Casimira
    #5
    He doesn't mind the warm earth beneath him, or the now satiny length of his tail floating in the river. It had started out as a beautiful day and he saw no merit in making a big to do of the current development. Instead he smiled softly, watching her watch him. She wasn't a deer, no, but seemed skittish enough to pass for one anyway. 

    In a low and slow voice, he gently disagreed with her. "You're not. You wouldn't be scaling if you felt fine." She knows this, he can see it on her face. But denial wasn't going to be a productive means for her. It hadn't done him any good when he'd tried it. 

    He felt a little bit that every dragon went through it for a while. The fear of losing control and creating terror in yourself and those around you. His own adolescence had certainly been filled with bursts of rage and a lot of smoke. If she was a real shifter, it was entirely possible that she was still struggling with her own inner battle with the beast. 

    Emotions chase after one another as she stands there, as easily read as his own thoughts. Finally she settles on something like curiosity, and he tilts his head to consider the question. "Time, mostly," he answers after a moment. It was as brief an answer as he could make. It clearly wasn't enough, however. "What I mean is, I had to learn how to shift on my own terms, not his. It takes practice. And a few charred trees. But it's not impossible." 

    He remembered one of the few lessons he'd had on the matter when he was still figuring things out. How his father had talked him through each body part in a lesson of control. Feeling himself manipulate each piece of himself had been a big boost of confidence, and had taught him that his emotions didn't have to decide things for him. 

    He blinked at her, more certain than before that he was right about the white mare's nature. "Try it. Make your scales disappear, even though you still don't trust me. Then make something else emerge. Because you want it to, not because you're nervous. Your eyes, maybe. Or your teeth." 

    This impromptu lesson had him invested now. He didn't know many of his own kind, though their existence was no secret. As useless as he'd been feeling lately, helping another of his kind seemed like purpose. Even if he never saw her again, he hoped she'd grow more confident on her own. To be a dragon was to own the world, if you wanted to.

    His own eyes shifted subtly, blue and orange irises glowing from within as he observed her heat signature. Dragons ran much warmer than horses, he'd be able to see how well she succeeded with his task if she decided to try it. 

    "I'm Tana, by the way." He added belatedly, realizing he didn't know what to call her. Every word felt like a gamble, like any wrong step would cause her to flee into the woods never to be seen again. And he wouldn't know what to say if she did. 

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    Beauty is a beast // Casimira - by Santana - 09-29-2019, 07:54 PM
    RE: Beauty is a beast // Casimira - by Casimira - 10-04-2019, 02:29 AM
    RE: Beauty is a beast // Casimira - by Santana - 10-04-2019, 08:12 AM
    RE: Beauty is a beast // Casimira - by Casimira - 10-13-2019, 12:50 AM
    RE: Beauty is a beast // Casimira - by Santana - 10-13-2019, 08:00 PM
    RE: Beauty is a beast // Casimira - by Casimira - 10-20-2019, 10:31 PM
    RE: Beauty is a beast // Casimira - by Santana - 10-21-2019, 03:45 PM
    RE: Beauty is a beast // Casimira - by Casimira - 11-03-2019, 12:27 AM
    RE: Beauty is a beast // Casimira - by Santana - 11-05-2019, 05:46 PM
    RE: Beauty is a beast // Casimira - by Casimira - 11-07-2019, 02:15 AM
    RE: Beauty is a beast // Casimira - by Santana - 11-11-2019, 12:04 PM
    RE: Beauty is a beast // Casimira - by Casimira - 11-17-2019, 03:13 PM



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