Sunbeam Lair It’s not so hard now, you’ve got it all

The dragon emerged squalling and rancorous. There was no doubting her arrival nor her liveliness, for as soon as the sac which had encased her through gestation was pulled away and the first gulps of air were swallowed, she began to cry out in indignation. It was cold! It was loud! Gone was the deep, soothing red of the womb. Gone was the pervasive metronome of her mother's heart beat, beat, beating in a red so deep it was almost black.

Her sisters squealed beside her, and it seemed as though Shiori would never stop, but her mouth closed around flesh and hark! milk came forth. This quieted her, and her cries diminished to the occassional grunt as she suckled, content.