Grouse Thicket A BOY IS A GUN

@Vengeance
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you will guard, she said. and the young dragon obeyed.

it was surprising really. if one were to spend just a moment with this boy, they would assume he wouldn’t take kindly to orders. and they would be correct. orochi wasn’t happy about the job @Minori had so suddenly thrust upon him. he just wanted to go back to the keep with his mother.

oh @Takara. his feelings for her were extremely mixed. she betrayed him, left without a word. and her reasoning? she was sick. sick. what the hell was that supposed to mean? that was no excuse. she shouldn’t have deserted him out of the blue.

he missed her dearly when she was away. life was not the same without her. every night he would sit outside and pray for her return. his prayers were finally answered. she was here now and orochi wouldn’t let her disappear again. so for once the little dragon would obey his orders. he would guard takara because he loved her.

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the plateau had grown stale. the wonder he felt the first time he visited this place was gone. a few days of exploration proved this flat land was bland. orochi wanted to leave and he had somehow convinced his mother to go somewhere else. it wouldn’t be too far from where minori had left them, but far enough to get a change of scenery. 

takara led him to a strange forest where he was left to explore on his own. the brightly colored apples and their sweet scent stuck out like a sore thumb and were the first things to catch his attention. orochi trotted towards one that sat under a tree. he placed a paw on it and rolled it around.