he supposed he should be shocked, face to face with a beast of legend. could be worse-- the monster could’ve bitten his head off and been done with it by now if it meant any great measure of harm. at the moment, he was probably some new curious thing it’s found and still can’t gauge, and he was alright with that.
his initial surprise eased away, brows lowering, leaving a tempered smile in its wake, and he raised a hand into view. in its palm was nestled a block of wood, partially carved into what was thus far appearing the shape of a wyvern-- at least, that’s what the book he was using for reference called it.
“so, how’s it lookin’? okay so far?”
may as well get an opinion from a real dragon, right? at least a snort of approval or something. if it ate him, he’d know who to blame. the book-- obviously the book.