" H-Hey!! Unhand me you filthy, disgusting-! "
Yank! Ajaw's complaints seemed to fall on deaf ears this time as his small digital tail was snagged in Ral's palm and the tiny dragonlord was pulled away against his will. He'd snap louder, as if a bigger mouth and a more verbal complaint would force the chimera in the lead to release him!
" You-! Rrgh! If you don't stop yanking me around by the tail like this, then it won't matter how many bogus, out-of-line rules you set! I won't follow any of them! Not a single one!! Do you hear me this time!? "
But no matter how much Ajaw snapped and spit, his tail stayed firmly snug in Ral's hand, leaving the 'defeated' dragonlord to deflate himself in a small, annoyed huff.
" Hmph! "
Just wait until he got a chance to tell Kinich how brutish Ral acts when around her ex-boyfriend! As if them going to the hot springs together wouldn't be gossip enough, them ganging up on him to stuff him in a geyser would just be the cherry on top of the quenepa berry pie!
'Oooh, you morons are going to owe me so much by the time we're done here! But go ahead! Keep thinking you've got the upper hand! We'll see who's laughing by the time my side of things comes out later-'
" They're fine. " Mydei would be quick to answer. " It's not like we stay bound to each other all day. They had business and I had mine, so we agreed to venture out on our own for awhile. I just wasn't expecting my path to involve running into an old friend with a noisy little scavenger in tow like you're dragging along. "
But after hearing Ral out and realizing what she'd asked to meet up with him for, he suddenly wasn't against it either. Loudmouthed drama hunters were typically an audience worthy of being of being ignored, but when their presence came with showing the weak, little hyenas who was actually worthy of respect and why-
Then Mydei wasn't against trading a few blows with a creature that needed a severe attitude readjustment anyway. It was dangerous to have a 'former ancient dragonlord' thinking he still possessed enough power to rule a nation -- so in Mydei's opinion, he was just preventing another tradegy!
" You weren't looking to speak with them yourself, were you? " Mydei would ask over a shoulder, already picking the best trail that could lead them to one of the more easily accessible hot spring baths nearby. " I know it's been awhile since you've seen them, but they're certainly not strangers when it comes to 'mingling with the commoners' of this world anymore. Though, for you- "
Would a meeting between Ral and Astrals be any different? Or anymore guarded? Phainon and Ria weren't overly cautious about who they interacted with anymore, but they still had their reserves -- especially with others who had ties to areas beyond the skies like Ral certainly had.
That'd been the reason why Mydei had always been fine with acting as liaison. It wouldn't have been his place to put anyone in harm's way for the sake of a few spoken words and greetings. Though if Ral were persistent enough, Mydei could probably make it happen.















