[En route to DFI – old abandoned road]

The old road was beautifully, wonderfully deserted. Kestrel had asked specifically for the long way around, beautiful scenery… few people…

As she walks by Pyrus, she’s suddenly skittish. It’s a new world, very big and filled with creatures she’s never learned about. A cross-road for other worlds. And yet, here she was, completely by mistake, about to demonstrate exactly why the Nexus could be declared dangerous.

She brushes back her short silver hair with a hand, a gesture of nervousness, leaving it glittering in the sunlight. Gotta say something…

I still can’t believe you’d leave the sanctity of a crowded tavern… with a dragon. You’re… very trusting, Pyrus.

The trusting ones were the worst. They had the big, fearful eyes when they looked at you. Of course, she usually only dealt with animals. He was the first humanoid she’d ever even considered draining. And if he looked at her as fearfully as the creatures had on occasion… she didn’t know if she could handle that!

She wouldn’t kill him, doesn’t kill her meals. Yet they were always worried the first time. She’d be gentle, she’d try not to betray that trust. But then again, she was a dragon.