I dream of Polar night

Charon was excited that Osprey liked his story about the tail-stealing dragon. It was strange how there was a sense of pride instilled in the pup's heart in his father, even though the story wasn't true. Sometimes it was just easier pretending that a made-up story was true rather than facing reality.

As Osprey asked him about the story dragon, Charon's first incentive was to say 'yes' or ''course', but after opening his mouth and nodding enthusiastically he swallowed both those words and instead resorted to shaking his head and saying a let-down "... no..." Because if he lied about knowing about the story dragon, then Osprey probably wouldn't tell him about it, seeing as he already knew it. "You gonna tell me 'bout it..?" asked Charon hopefully, because if she wasn't going to tell than there was little use in him telling the truth about not knowing the story dragon.