“I didn’t!” Eric tried to insist, but it was getting hard to hold on to his resolve when the kid continued just barreling on with derision, apparently about to keep going without rest for longer than Eric even thought possible. He hadn’t thought that far ahead. He hadn’t thought. How could just. Escaping from a crowd be considered terrorizing? He’d only flown away! He hadn’t even touched anyone! He knew that new elves were a bit weird about the whole dragon thing, but they came around pretty quickly once he offered to take them flying.
Were humans really so different?
“That’s not even close to what happened…” He protested merely for the sake of protesting, at this point. “And why would I want to kill you? You haven’t even tried to hurt anyone yet!” Humans were, apparently, a lot different. Eric’s heart sunk at the thought of the caravan just being gone. The idea they’d just leave him behind. That they wouldn’t even go looking for the kid who kept insisting that they ‘loved’ him. He had a bad feeling in his gut, different from before but just as twistingly unpleasant, and his instinct were telling him that this annoying shit was right. Not about everything, but about enough. One thing was for sure, he’d have to check for himself.
“Fine.” He finally spat, snagging the bag in his claws. “I’m going to bring back the goods that you stole.” Unwilling to give him any more time to start laying into him again, Eric promptly turned around and launched himself in the air, winging it back to the road just as quickly as he’d caught up the the thief.
And there he landed, right in the middle of an empty road, the stink of fear and people and horse slowly fading off into the distance.
It would have been as easy as breathing to catch up with them in this form. Even if he’d still only had two legs, catching up with the caravan would probably take under an hour. But even still, newly exposed to this world where simply being a dragon was enough to make everyone fear him, he knew that it would be a bad idea.
The asshole was right. They’d left him behind.
They hadn’t even bothered to toss out his travel sack, taking along his spare set of clothes and the few goods he’d decided to take with him. The gold was all that he carried with him at all times, paranoid at the stories of how it could make humans go mad at the sight of it and unwilling to risk it getting stolen, but that was gone, too, used up in his transformation. All he had now was a twice stolen sack of cheese, furs, and leather that he didn’t even need.
With a long sigh, Eric closed his eyes. This was the first major setback of his journey. It was the first true test of his character. What he decided to do next would shape the direction of his fate and what sort of ending he might have. If one thing was abundantly clear to him, he needed to know more about living among humans if he was ever going to be accepted by them. And for that, he’d need a human who wasn’t going to run away at the first sight of him.
Decision made, Eric nodded to himself and took back to the skies, leisurely tracking down the thief he’d only just abandoned. He didn’t bother finding him quickly, although he could. He wasn’t all that far from where Eric had left him, even if it had taken him a while to get to what seemed to be his home camp. Eric simply didn’t want to see the little shit and have to admit that he was right… about some things. Not all of them.
After sulking along the clouds for as long as he’d let himself, Eric finally circled down to land outside of what seemed to be a cave, doing his best to keep his landing relatively silent. Well. Silent for a dragon. With a huff, he dropped the sack of stolen goods at the cave entrance and back off a little ways into the trees, laying down with a thump. Still clearly visible, but also making an attempt to look like he was given the annoying shit some space. He didn’t bother saying anything, of course. He wasn’t completely done with his sulk just yet and he didn’t even have a swamp to sink himself into until he felt like dealing with the world again. This would have to be good enough.
Were humans really so different?
“That’s not even close to what happened…” He protested merely for the sake of protesting, at this point. “And why would I want to kill you? You haven’t even tried to hurt anyone yet!” Humans were, apparently, a lot different. Eric’s heart sunk at the thought of the caravan just being gone. The idea they’d just leave him behind. That they wouldn’t even go looking for the kid who kept insisting that they ‘loved’ him. He had a bad feeling in his gut, different from before but just as twistingly unpleasant, and his instinct were telling him that this annoying shit was right. Not about everything, but about enough. One thing was for sure, he’d have to check for himself.
“Fine.” He finally spat, snagging the bag in his claws. “I’m going to bring back the goods that you stole.” Unwilling to give him any more time to start laying into him again, Eric promptly turned around and launched himself in the air, winging it back to the road just as quickly as he’d caught up the the thief.
And there he landed, right in the middle of an empty road, the stink of fear and people and horse slowly fading off into the distance.
It would have been as easy as breathing to catch up with them in this form. Even if he’d still only had two legs, catching up with the caravan would probably take under an hour. But even still, newly exposed to this world where simply being a dragon was enough to make everyone fear him, he knew that it would be a bad idea.
The asshole was right. They’d left him behind.
They hadn’t even bothered to toss out his travel sack, taking along his spare set of clothes and the few goods he’d decided to take with him. The gold was all that he carried with him at all times, paranoid at the stories of how it could make humans go mad at the sight of it and unwilling to risk it getting stolen, but that was gone, too, used up in his transformation. All he had now was a twice stolen sack of cheese, furs, and leather that he didn’t even need.
With a long sigh, Eric closed his eyes. This was the first major setback of his journey. It was the first true test of his character. What he decided to do next would shape the direction of his fate and what sort of ending he might have. If one thing was abundantly clear to him, he needed to know more about living among humans if he was ever going to be accepted by them. And for that, he’d need a human who wasn’t going to run away at the first sight of him.
Decision made, Eric nodded to himself and took back to the skies, leisurely tracking down the thief he’d only just abandoned. He didn’t bother finding him quickly, although he could. He wasn’t all that far from where Eric had left him, even if it had taken him a while to get to what seemed to be his home camp. Eric simply didn’t want to see the little shit and have to admit that he was right… about some things. Not all of them.
After sulking along the clouds for as long as he’d let himself, Eric finally circled down to land outside of what seemed to be a cave, doing his best to keep his landing relatively silent. Well. Silent for a dragon. With a huff, he dropped the sack of stolen goods at the cave entrance and back off a little ways into the trees, laying down with a thump. Still clearly visible, but also making an attempt to look like he was given the annoying shit some space. He didn’t bother saying anything, of course. He wasn’t completely done with his sulk just yet and he didn’t even have a swamp to sink himself into until he felt like dealing with the world again. This would have to be good enough.
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