Sleeping Dragon Garnet

Portia began to apply to salve to his wounds, which should have eased a lot of pain right away. It would've cooled and eventually helped heal, but she noticed that he wasn't focused on his back pain anymore. The skayona let out a loud growl, agitated now. "Goliath," she said, her sweet voice now rumbling in the back of her throat with as much force as she could muster. "Stop that, it's not food," she added. Maybe she shouldn't give it to him, maybe that was a bad idea.

"If you wait until we're done I'll get you a smaller one, it won't hurt you as much if you bite it," she eventually said, picking up her instruments and the almost-swallowed gem. "Okay?" she said, eyes narrowing.