[Rosekitten]

Her sudden cry out had woken him, though really her tossing and tuning was doing a a good job at that anyway. He was a light sleeper, but it came with the calling. He had never noticed that he never bothered to light the room, though he thought about it a little as he stood and grabbed a candle lighting it before setting it on the stand next to the bed.

"for being in such ill health you move enough in your sleep.." He said though he didn't really expect her to reply, she probably was a little freaked out from whatever dream she had been having let alone the fact that she wasn't clothed. He seemed to look over her face to see if he could figure out what was going on in her mind, though he quickly gave up placing a hand over her forehead. "Whatever was after you really got you worked up didn't it..." She was covered in a col sweat, he was checking her head just to make sure she didn't have a fever from a infection or something, satisfied he took his hand back and crossed his arms standing there.

He hardly seemed to be looking over her, really the candle being lit was messing with his vision. "seeing as your up.. think you can force down some food?" He had no idea that she had a dream where he had stabbed her let alone that dark elves had taken her home. It never crossed his mind but once that it was possible that the dark elves could win the war, but he saw a truce between the two happening long before that.

He idly waited for her answer but she didn't seem to talk much, not that he expected her to have the energy to do so just yet. Making up his mind he walked to where a few more candles were and lit them as well, at the least for her benefit. "In case you were wondering its early morning and yes your still underground." He kept to his normal manner of speech being vague on details and having a rough tone yet some what caring at the same time.

Once he was done with lighting the candles placed around the room he walked back towards a small what looked to be kitchen area, most quarters didn't have a bath and kitchen but he had managed this due to the fact he was one of the top ranked mercenaries... that and the fact that the commander of this area wanted to stay on his good side to try and win him over.

"right... I never restocked from last time" He sighed a little but before he could say anything further a knock cam at the door as he glared at it. "oh for fuck sake!" Walking towards the door again he expected another messenger though he was to be wrong this time. He kept the glare on his face as he opened the door.

"RHYL!" A sudden voice called out before walking into the room before Rhyldrin could protest. "I heard you were back but I never would have believed it, you know your stalker will get wind of your return sooner or later" The man seemed to laugh though he was a little shorter then Rhyl he seemed wider..

"I didn't want it to be known... " He sighed knowing he couldn't protest it now that he was here. Though he couldn't get more then that out before the man seemed to go on glancing once towards Judith.

"Oh by the way here!" He said before shoving a pack he had been carrying at Rhyldrin "don't you ever leave that thing on my door without a warning and explaining what the hell it is! I opened that damn sack when you left and nearly lost my face"

Giving the guy a rather odd look he undid the front of the pack as a lizard seemed to crawl out, it had small wings though they were hardly big enough to fly with.. yet. It crawled to perch on Rhyldrin's shoulder as it hissed towards the other man. "Losing your face would be a improvement if you ask me" He said moving a hand to scratch the dragon's chin lightly.

"yeah yeah.... says you and your hardly a stud there" Though he was sure to be out of arm's distance from Rhyl when he said his comment. "can't believe you dropped a dragon hatchling on my door step without warning.. do you know how much you could sell that thing for?! Let alone I don't even want to know how you managed to come across it."

"money is worthless, I keep enough for what I need. Besides he's better then any dog you could get" He grinned a little knowing Boyd had a few run ins with the little dragon. He never explained where he came across a dragon egg at, it was really a deal gone wrong if he told the truth on it. "now get to the point.. why are you here.."

He held his hands up a little before setting another bag on the counter near the kitchen area. "well one to drop your damned pet off, my wife wanted to kill me the whole while, also I wanted to see if you were still in one piece or not." He smirked a little before going on. "oh the bags from the wife, she says you should eat more for your height, worry wort I know"

He seemed to pause glancing back towards Judith before towards Rhyldrin. "I also heard a rumor that you had added o your pet collection... " He said making a gesture towards the girl. "though you could have gotten a better looking one, she looks half dead over there."

His eyes seemed to narrow a little with the mentioning of the girl, though he quickly moved and started directing Boyd towards the door. "before you ask the answers no...I need her in one piece. Aside from that I'm still to track down the other red haired light elf that's been wreaking the troops.. I need her for that to work." Over all he was calling her bait for her brother and if he had half a mind and didn't enjoy the hunting part of a mission he probably would do such a thing. But for now it was to throw anyone who brought it up off of his true intentions.

He blinked a little as he was being forced towards the door. "Rhyl do you really think I'd ask such a thing... " noticing the look he was getting he smiled weakly. "ok so I would but... what about when your done using her?" By this time he was already outside of the door.

"it's still no, when I'm done with her i'll kill her simple as that, she can join her brother in the embrace of the dark goddess." He noticed that Boyd was about to protest and so he cut in before he got the chance to "I have things to do if you don't mind, rest being one of them" With that he shut the door and started walking away from it, he seemed slightly stressed from all of this. Though it was a good reminder why he didn't return home very often.

He got the dragon to get off of his shoulder and placed it on the floor, the creature seemed to notice the girl right away as it crawled towards the bed and up one of the legs to sit on the post watching her. It was a white dragon or rather it's fur was white and it's scaled wings were red with dark white webbing. It's head held only three small horns one being in the center and the other two curling around each of it's ears. The eyes were a soft blue as it watched the girl curiously.

"Behave" he called over to the dragon, apparently never giving the thing a name, though most of the time it was the only other thing in his living quarters so it wasn't hard to tell when he was talking to it. After checking the bag he seemed to shake his head a little before taking out the contents and walking to rise them. Putting them in a bowl after and walking back towards the bedside setting it down on the table next to her. "it's fruit, not poisoned I promise". At the least she could make due with that till he got the chance to get supplies.

[gremlin]

Her breathing had returned to normal by the time Rhyldrin came to her. She closed her eyes and slowly opened them when he lit a candle. The sudden light blinded her for a few moments. Her wounds throbbed a bit and she was tempted to massage them, but hesitated. She decided not to thinking that it may irritate them.

"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to wake you." was all she could manage to say at the moment. She still felt asleep and was very groggy. Judith brought a hand to her eyes and rubbed them attempting to become more awake. "I had a bad dream, that's all." she decided not to tell Rhyldrin what she had dreamt of. Not now anyways, maybe she would in the future. I suppose I could eat, she thought. Her throat was sore and she could not bring herself to speak.

She brought the blankets over her body more when she heard an unfamiliar voice. Judith's eyes followed Rhyldrin as he went to the door, when the man and him began to speak she listened very closely. I'm only half dead because of your kind, she thought sourly. She felt bad for thinking ill of Dark Elves, but it wasn't that wrong not like the ones who treated her poorly. She still knew that not all of them were like that. She narrowed her eyes and stared at the man when he spoke about taking her after Rhyldrin was done with her. It disgusted her, she wasn't an object. She fought the urge to speak up knowing that it would only cause trouble for herself and Rhyldrin. When he left she felt much better.

She watched him place his pet on the ground and as it climbed up the post her eyes followed it. Judith stared back at the little dragon curiously, when Rhyldrin told the little dragon to behave she couldn't help but laugh quietly to herself. Judith lifted her hand, she didn't have much strength but she wanted the little dragon to come to her. "Come here," she said in a soft, kind voice. "I won't hurt you, what's your name?" she purred. Her eyes examined the little dragon curiously, he was very small and in a way cute, but he probably could do quite some harm to her.

Judith's eyes looked up at Rhyldrin when he brought her food. She smiled at his comment. "I trust you," she said and took the bowl from the table. "You don't need to say such things." Judith chewed the fruit slowly, her jaw still hurt from her time spent in the cell.

[Rosekitten]

(omg i did a short post! DX)

The dragon seemed to look towards Rhyl before moving slowly towards the girl, sniffing her hand once before pushing it's head against it. "It's a northern dragon hatchling, the fur keeps it from freezing to death, though from what I'm told white's are suppose to be rare." He seemed to shrug off the idea, the thing would grow up one day he wasn't sure what he was going to do about a full grown dragon that acted like a house cat.. well one that could breath magic anyway. "It has no name, so call it what you like" he said waving a hand in the air before walking to where he had left his shirt pulling the tunic on. He was giving up on sleep for the moment, with how his luck was going no one was going to leave him alone.

He didn't reply to her comment on him not needing to say such a thing, really he did have to say such things. It wasn't unheard of for his kind to poison one another, though from Boyd and his wife he wasn't worried about it.

"I'll be back, your safe enough here, besides like I said tat thing is better then any dog you could get a hold of." Even though it was the size of a small kitten... though he was hardly lying if a kitten could breath fire it'd probably be a good guard as well. "can't have you going about naked hrm?" It had hardly slipped his mind, he was just better at keeping his thoughts to himself on the matter. Though being truthful with himself he wouldn't mind her staying naked, but then again was there any guy would would complain about having a naked girl in his bed?

"Don't choke while I'm gone" was his last words to her before leaving the quarters, he wasn't kidding either he knew she was probably sore all over and all it took was coughing once while trying to swallow.

He wasn't too worried about leaving her, most respected his space in the area.. let alone she seemed to take a liking to the dragon hatchling so least she had company. Though his trip was going to take longer then he expected with everyone and their cousin stopping him and getting in his way.

[gremlin]

( This is lame omg I'm sorry D8 )

"He's cute," she said and smiled at the little dragon. "Maybe I'll help you think of a name for him." she placed the bowl of fruit on her lap then began to scratch behind the little dragon's ears, then under his chin. He seemed to enjoy the attention that he was receiving. "I've never seen a dragon before and I've never heard of a dragon being so cute." she purred. Judith used her free hand to pop some more fruit in to her mouth. She was enjoying the company of the little dragon. "Rare? You're lucky then!"

Judith nodded as Rhyldrin said that he was going out. "I'll be fine here, I'm a little worried about being left here but I have this little guy. I won't be alone." she said, she felt nervous. Judith blushed with he mentioned her nudity. "I suppose not," she teased. "Just bring me back something fitting, all I really need is a shirt and a pair of pants or shorts." Judith felt odd thinking about how Rhyldrin had had to undress her. She pushed the thought away, Rhyldrin would not be one to take advantage of her.

Once he left she finished the food that he had given her. Judith took the little dragon in both of her hands and placed him on her stomach, she continued to scratch him.

[Rosekitten]

(aw no it was a good post ^^ silly)

The dragon seemed to purr at the attention acting more and more like a small cat then a dragon that would one day be the terror of kingdoms. Rhyldrin never thought of it as luck, really he had threatened to cook the thing on many occasions because it got noisy. But he never breathed a word of it to her, if she wanted it she could keep him for all he cared.

He shrugged off her comment of something fitting, it was getting something her size that was the main problem. He wished this was easier and he could just patch up her other clothing but they were tattered so badly it wasn't worth the effort. She might have found it odd that he undressed her, but it needed to be done unless she wanted the wounds to get infected. For that type of thought he blamed his father for sure, plus it was hardy the first time he had seen a female naked... it came with calling it seemed, or at least when you had comrades that got wounded on a daily basis during the training course.

It probably took a few hours at least before he made his way back, all the while avoiding the one that Boyd had called his stalker. Though he had good reason to avoid her, she was the type to get jealous and enraged quickly.

The dragon sat up suddenly when he got near the door and opened it, though it seemed reluctant to move from the girls stomach. "Tsk... great now the dragon's spoiled?" He sighed a little, not really meaning anything by his comment as he walked towards the bed and tossed the shirt and pants set he had managed to find in a similar size to her height and body structure. "That should work well enough, if your up to it you can take a bath as well. We'll just redress the larger wounds afterwards."

With what he needed said out in the open he walked back to the chair he was in before and sat heavily resting his head against the wall behind it. 'why am I bothering, I killed the leader of her people.' He kept his thoughts to himself and any sign of he over thinking such things were not to be seen. Though he never did think that she might be uncomfortable taking a bath in this place, let alone with him just in the other room not that he seemed to want to move. The lack of sleep was probably starting to catch up to him again where he had spent most of the previous night attending her. "Oh and there's more candles in there as well" He said making a lazy gesture towards the washroom. "just take one form out here to light them with if you need them" He had closed his eyes by this time, at least he was going to try and work in a short bit of rest, even though deep down he didn't trust this girl and he had left his daggers in the same room he was sending her into.

[gremlin]

"I can't help it," she purred and petted the little dragon gently. "I have a soft spot for animals, I've always wanted a pet when I was a child. My parents would not allow it because they believed that I was not responsible enough to care for me. Though I think that they were more afraid that my brother would harm it." she seemed a bit uncomfortable mentioning her brother. She hoped that it would not make things awkward. She knew that Rhyldrin mission was to kill her brother, but she could not help but think that maybe it wasn't that bad. Her brother had killed so many people, just like their king. Maybe that's why she wasn't as shocked as she should have been when Rhyldrin had revealed that he had killed the king. Though it did create a war between the Dark and Light Elves he was a horrible man.

She ran her hand over the shirt and pants that he had brought her. "Thank you," she said and brought her hand back to the little dragon. "I was afraid that I might have to make this blanket in to a dress if you could not find clothes small enough for me." she laughed. "I know that Dark Elves are a foot or two taller than Light Elves." she looked from the little dragon to Rhyldrin. "How tall are you anyways?" she asked. "It looks like you're at least two feet taller than me. You make me feel so small." she continued to scratch the little dragon when he nuzzled her hand for more attention. "I remember even when we were children you were very tall."

Judith sat up in the bed she held the blanket to her chest. She wasn't insecure about her body and she probably would not mind if Rhyldrin saw her nude. He had already seen her when he was cleaning and dressing her wounds. The thing was that she was shy. "I'll take a bath if you really don't mind," she said shyly. "I don't want to seem as if I'm taking advantage of your kindness though. Thank you, Rhyldrin" Judith scooped up the little dragon in her free hand and leaned down allowing him to go on the floor. At first when Judith stood her legs felt wobbly. They were stiff and sore. She stood for a moment preparing herself to walk. Using her free hand she took the blanket and held it together in the back. She walked to the door of the room that Rhyldrin had pointed to. Before she entered she turned and look at him. "Don't get any ideas," she teased and smiled. "I bite." she jokingly make a biting motion with her mouth then disappeared in to the room.

The blanket fell off of her body as she let go of it. Judith made sure that she had closed the door behind her properly before making a bath up for herself. She climbed in to the tub and sat down inside. The water hid her body, it went up to her chin. She closed her eyes as she felt her wounds throbbing. She opened them and sighed out of annoyance. She had left the clothes on the bed. "Rhyldrin?" she called. "Could you bring the clothes to me?" she paused for a moment then added "I'll hit you if you peak."

[Rosekitten]

He found it somewhat relaxing that she was talking so much a gain, and questioning him just like when they were kids. At the least it meant she was feeling a bit better. "We could make clothes fit, that's not a issue." He had half a mind to tell her to keep the dragon, it was probably better off with someone who would care for it then the way he had been managing the creature, though oddly enough the dragon seemed to no dislike him in the least. Though tat thought was forced out of the way remembering her question "hrm.. 6'2 I think was what I was told last it was checked.. I don't think it's a full two feet taller then you though." Though at her comment of making her feel small he never really noticed it sure he knew he was taller then her but he never thought of how it made her feel deep down. "Heh.. I'm sorry, that's nothing I can fix." He gave her a weak smile at the morbid thought he had towards fixing it though he kept that joke to himself.

He returned to resting his head against the wall when she started to work on standing, no point in staring at her. He did hear that she was taking the sheets with her, not that he cared either way it was her choice. He waved her off towards what she had said to him "hardly, feel privileged I normally detest company in any form.. " He was being honest enough, though he had never had the chance to bond with anyone his parents died at a early age and he was thrown right away into combat training. "Besides you might as well make yourself at home, we're not leaving for a few days, not till your healed more." Though he doubted she'd complain too much, not like she was in any danger here.. well at least from him.

"hrm?" He said opening one eye to look at her with her comment of biting, though his smart mouth was going to earn it's keep if she was going to be so bold as to toss comments like tat out. "You never know I might like that" He smirked a little before closing his eye again, he was only joking with her but she might not know it. Really he had never been one to just jump at the chance to get with a woman, he was always too absorbed in whatever training he was under going or what mission he was on. Only in the recent weeks of toying with her did he notice he couldn't avoid all of his thoughts.

He was just about to doze back off when he heard her call out asking for the clothes. He had to laugh a little, finding this almost funny as he got up grabbing them. Walking to the room he opened the door and set the clothes on a stand just inside before he replied to her hit comment. "I wouldn't worry about me peeking, fun fact is torch light makes most of my kind half blind" He said pointing towards the candle just across from him. That was a dangerous thing to share with her for sure, though after he had explained himself he left the room shutting the door.

Once he had sit back into the chair the dragon climbed it's side and perched on his head once Rhydrin had settled. "Well.. you seem in high spirits.. " He said aloud to the dragon who cooed at him looking down into his eyes. Though he closed them shortly after, even with disrupted rest it still added up. This type of sleep is what he was use to anyway, always having to stay part of the way awake. Though his thoughts did drift a little in his half asleep mind, it was funny to him she kept threatening him if he looked or got any ideas.

[gremlin]

She jokingly hissed at Rhyldrin when he brought her clothes to her. "If you like being bit then maybe I will bite you," she muttered. Judith had not said it loud enough but he probably had heard her comment. "Good, then I'll keep a candle with me at all times," she ran her fingers playfully across the top of the water. "Then if you try something I'll light it!" she laughed. Of course she was joking, Judith was not one to be cruel, but she loved to tease others in a playful manner. Well, maybe she was a bit cruel deep down, but her intention was not to harm others.

Judith soaked her body in the water for what didn't seem to be for very long. Though she usually did take long baths and probably had spent an hour cleaning herself and relaxing. When she stepped out of the tub she dried herself. Bringing the cloth across her wounds made her wince in pain, she wondered how long it would take for them to heal and if they would cause permanent scars.

She gathered the clothes that Rhyldrin had brought her, but hesitated to put them on for a moment. When she held the pants in front of her she sighed, they were the smallest that he could find but they would still be rather big on her. She slipped one leg in to them, then the other. She used the strings at the waist to make it tighter around her waist so that they wouldn't fall. The shirt was quite large on her as well, the sleeves nearly passed her hands.

She took the candle that she had lit for her bath and opened the door to leave the room. Judith's eyes fell on Rhyldrin sitting quietly in his chair. "Are you asleep?" she asked quietly, afraid to wake him. Judith looked up at the little dragon perched upon his head. "Are you comfortable there?" she asked him and reached out a hand for it to climb in to.

[Rosekitten]

He had tried to ignore her comment of biting him, oddly the thought seemed to stay with his mind though. Though he needed to focus he was still walking on thin ice here all it'd take was one person finding out from either side and the rest of his life or hers would be a living hell. Though he guessed what life either of them would have left at that point would be short lived.

The dragon's ears perked up as she spoke to it, chirping once before gently crawling to her hand and perching there keeping it's self steady. Keeping his eyes closed he decided to answer her, not like he could get to sleep with how active his mind was being on a few levels. "Not really, no..." He sighed slightly before moving his head from the wall and cracking his neck to the side.

Taking in the outfit she had on he seemed disappointed they didn't fit as well, but it just had to due till he got her to a light elf encampment right. wait... how the hell was that to be explained as to what happened to her other clothes. why did he even have to think of such a thing to ad to his worries.

"Why did you need something?" He finally asked seeing as she didn't seem to have a reason as to why she asked if he was asleep, though generally when someone asked such a thing they needed something. Though after a few moments it did dawn on him a few of her wounds did need to be retreated. "right the cuts.. " He seemed to mutter more to himself then anyone as he stood once more.

Though he didn't move right away thinking on how to word this though he gave up on finding a proper way to ask. "Either you can try and dress them yourself or I can, your choice." A few of them would probably be hard for he to take care of herself, and he didn't want to just order her to take the shirt off so he could get it over with. He was taking a guess that he could take care of them faster then she could, but he had been doing such tasks for years.

[gremlin]

Judith smiled as the little dragon climbed in to her hand, she brought it to her shoulder and allowed it to perch itself there. She smiled when it nuzzled it's face against her cheek lovingly. "Oh," she looked at Rhyldrin when he spoke. "No, I don't need anything. I was just wondering if you were asleep or not. I'm sorry." she brought a hand to the little dragon's chin and scratched him. "You never seem to have any time to yourself," she said and frowned. Judith felt guilty knowing that she was one of many things keeping him from sleeping. "I can leave you alone to rest, I won't leave of course but I can occupy myself with something so that you can sleep finally." she didn't think that it was healthy for him to run on so little sleep. She was quite tired herself still and could probably fall asleep if she laid in his bed. Maybe that's what she could do, sleep as he slept. It seemed fair.

Her face turned red when he mentioned tending to her wounds. "I-" she stuttered. "I don't know much about tending to wounds, not nearly as much as you do probably." she chewed on her lower lip nervously. Judith brought her face very close to Rhyldrin's. "I guess that you should dress them." she said, Judith seemed uncomfortable but the more she thought about it the more it seemed alright. He knew more than she did about tending to wounds, it would make sense to allow him to do so. She brought her face away from his and took the little dragon off of her shoulder. She placed him on the arm of the chair. "I have a candle," she showed him the lit stick and raised an eyebrow. "I'll light it is necessary." Judith laughed and then blew it out, she placed it on the table that sat next to his bed. Then she sat on the bed. Her fingers curled under the end of the shirt, at first she hesitated to lift it over her head but she couldn't allow being shy to make her sick. If her wounds were not tended to then they could become infected. When Judith removed her shirt she brought an arm across her chest. "Go ahead," she said.

[Rosekitten]

"Do as you wish, I'm use to getting sleep in when I can, if I can't so be it" He seemed to shrug a little, it was getting to him cause of the travel time he had before getting here but he could manage easily enough. He noticed her sudden change in body language as she said he never had time to himself. "Stop that, blaming yourself isn't going to solve anything.. besides I've had plenty of time to myself about ten years worth give or take." He had a point and he never once said he minded her company, really even if he didn't want to admit it the change of pace was almost refreshing. Besides it was keeping the dragon out of his way that alone was a god sent.

He was about to speak up again saying he knew she probably didn't deal with them often though he lost that thought when she brought her face close to his. His ears dropped a little thinking he had said something out of the way to offend her even if he didn't say anything at all. He held his hands up at her threat "you can keep it lit I'm not completely blind you know... it's more of the sudden light change that affects our sight, then takes a while to adjust."

He noticed she seemed to not want to remove the shirt, though he had put enough of it together by now to figure out she was shy. "I'll be done before you know it, then you can put the shirt back on" He said as he was looking for the salve he used the last time in the box near the bed. Though he was partiality distracted this time from previous comments and the fact she seemed to be taunting him. But either way he went about tending at least the larger cuts, the smaller ones should be fine now that they were thoroughly cleaned. There was only three larger wounds he had to worry about, one being on her upper left side another being on her right shoulder and then the last one along her lower back. He did seem to stop a few times and tend to the smaller cuts with gentle hands but it was more to keep himself focused on what he was doing.

'what the hell is wrong with me today!' he cursed at himself in his mind as he was finishing his task and wrapping the larger wounds to keep the medicine on them and to prevent dirt from getting in. "Alright done, we'll probably have to do this a few more times before they are closed enough to heal... " He thought a moment before going on as the dragon climbed up the bed post and sat next to the girl. "and don't worry about scars, the salve should prevent them." He just never used the stuff thus why he had scars for most of the major wounds he had gotten over the years. Though after he finished saying what he needed to he found himself with a urge almost, one he had avoided all these years and he was hissing at his own mind for being so damn weak at a time like this. Though with the stress of how all of this was going to end probably wasn't helping at all, probably on top of the lack of sleep was preventing him from blocking such thoughts though the girl hardly helped matters with her taunts.

"You'll have to speak up when your hungry, I can fix something then" He was doing anything and everything to avoid looking at her and to keep his mind sane for the time being. Though thinking on it he'd have to get supplies before he fixed anything, and only just now did he remember he never ate earlier. But that was hardly out of the ordinary for him.

[gremlin]

Judith closed her eyes as he touched her body, it sent a shiver down her spine. "I might sleep after you're done tending to my wounds," speaking helped keep her mind off of the fact that she was partially nude in front of him. It felt odd to her since they were friends when they were young. "I just can't help but feel partially responsible for you not being able to rest." Judith opened her eyes and turned her face towards his. Even though it was dark and she could not see him her white eyes looked in his direction. "Are you usually this gentle?" she asked and smiled. Knots filled her stomach, why did she feel excited so suddenly?

When he finished she brought her free hand to the shirt that she had laid on her lap. She pulled it over her head then poked her arms out from the sleeves. "Thank you," she said to him politely. When she felt the little dragon next to her she reached a hand out and his tickled stomach playfully. Judith could feel it's body vibrating as it purred. "I'm fine with that," she said to him as she continued to pay attention to the little dragon. "I'll allow you tend to my wounds whenever needed." Judith wouldn't allow her shyness to get in the way of her getting better.

"I only ate the fruit that you gave me earlier," she said to Rhyldrin. "It wasn't much but it gave me some energy. Thank you." did he care about her that much? Well, he had to if he was tending to her wounds and he had to since he rescued her. Her heart throbbed in her chest thinking about it. She cared about him, too. Judith would have rescued him and she would have helped him the best that she could. "Remember when I fell in to the pound when we were children?" she said and laughed. "The one deep in the forest, I nearly drowned and you dragged me out." Judith let her hand fall from the little dragon, it brushed against Rhyldrin's hand. "You always seem to be saving me, one way or another."

[Rosekitten]

He seemed to listen to her staying silent as he worked though between pauses he had managed to answer her or speak up. "Thats probably a good idea, I'm sure you need it" He did too and he figured he could get some sleep in while she was resting, unless she had another outburst like before. "Hrm?" He noticed her looking at him with her question, though he shrugged it off quickly. "No not really, though I don't just go about treating everyone's wounds either." He normally only dealt with himself unless he had to address someone else, and he was hardly gentle when he treated his own.

The dragon cooed and pawed at her hand wiggling back and forth on it's back as she tickled it's belly. It was really hard to believe this beast would grow up and be a man eater someday, Rhyl wasn't sure if there was a way around that or not but for now it seemed innocent enough. He nodded a little to her "well no point in letting them get infected after going through the hassle of saving you eh?" He laughed a little knowing she was just being her in saying thank you but it was hardly needed.

He thought on what she was recalling for a moment before speaking "I remember... you said you couldn't swim and I said it was easy and shoved you in." He smirked a bit at the thought. "You gave me hell after you got your wind back" Though his mind skipped the next thought feeling her hand brush against his, what in the world was he thinking. He needed to burn it into his mind nothing could go further between the two of them, raping was one thing and he'd never do such a act but to think that he could make a connection with this girl was just asking for him to end up on the end of a light elf's blade.

He sighed a little before moving his hand away from where her's was and sitting on the bed next to her, though he gave her a respectable amount of space still. "heh yeah so it seems, guess the goddess thinks you have a reason to live if she keeps directing me to save you." He smiled a little at the thought though it was a rather weak one, knowing he was just fooling himself now and he blamed his tired state. "There was a time or two you kept my ass out of trouble, my temper got the better of me that one time I was going to give that kid a piece of my mind. Little did I know he was the head of the guard's son" that would have been a death wish if he ever had one back then. "You always managed to talk me out of doing anything, I hated it" He was prideful as a child, still was really and the thought a girl could talk him down out of any idea made him feel weak.

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"I remember that," she sounded annoyed recalling the incident. "You said something then I felt your hands press against my back, I suddenly could not breath then I realised that I had been pushed in." she hissed, when the little dragon nuzzled against her hand she continued to tickle him gently. "Then I felt you take hold of my arm, I was terrified that I was going to drown, but when I felt you pulling me out I knew that everything was going to be alright." she closed her eyes and smiled. "I was quite angry are you, wasn't I?" she asked and laughed. "Though I could tell that you felt bad about it, I knew that your intention was not to harm me." she opened her eyes and looked at him. By now her eyes had slightly adjusted to the dark, though she couldn't see that well anyways still.

"You use to get really angry," Judith's moved her fingers behind the little dragon's ears and she began to scratch him. "I remember that once when we met you looked as if your head was about to explode. There was always something bothering you," Judith looked down at the little dragon as it cooed and purred. "You always use to tell me what was wrong," she said looked up at Rhyldrin. "You must have trusted me." she teased him.

Judith felt him take his hand away from his own. It had not been her intention to do such a thing but it didn't feel wrong that she had done that either. Her heart continued to throb in her chest. It felt unbearable. What was she thinking? What was she feeling? Judith placed her hands on her lap, avoiding anything further. Don't think that Judith, she told herself in her head, you're a fool if you do. Nothing can ever happen. Don't let your heart get the best of you.

Though the more she thought about it the more strongly she felt about it. Whenever she had needed to be saved he was there, even when they were just children. He tended to her wounds, he fed her and had even brought her clothes to wear. Rhyldrin had risked his life for her by taking her from the cell. He was gentle with her when he could have been rough. There was so many times were he could have taken advantage of her, he could have kill her but he didn't. Stop it, she thought. She pinched herself for thinking too deeply about things. It would drive her insane to dwell on such things for too long.

Judith looked down at her lap as the little dragon crawled on to it, he nuzzled her hands and squeaked playfully. She wished that she could have that much energy right now. "You should name him," she said and began to pet him. "Poor thing doesn't have a name. He's still young and if you name him now it would be better or he will probably think that behave is his name." she said jokingly.

She lifted the little dragon from her lap and placed him on Rhyldrin's shoulder for now. She brought her legs up on to the bed and laid down next to Rhyldrin, placing her head on his lap. "You're warm," she purred. The little dragon crawled down from Rhyldrin's shoulder and in to Judith's long hair. He buried himself in it and chirped happily. She laid there for a moment then sat back up, her face had become red. "I'm sorry," she apologized. "That was inappropriate." the little dragon tumbled from her hair and squeaked as he went.

[Rosekitten]

He was sorry, he thought she was ready that was the way he had been taught to swim was pushed in. No one came to save him when he was learning so it was do or die. He thought about her next words a little "I did didn't I... not at first though, I use to get annoyed at how much you talked. I'd think that you didn't know how to shut up from time to time cause you'd go on for hours." It was probably her fault he even talked, even if it was mainly to her. 'I did trust you... ' He thought to himself not replying to that aloud, he still felt like he trusted her but it didn't need to be voiced.

He had to smirk a little at the thought of naming the dragon behave for the hell of it. "I could call it Vrine, it means behave in my tongue." He laughed a little at it knowing he was joking. "I don't know, he'll have to go back to his home lands someday I can't keep a full grown dragon." The dragon had yawned a little looking between the two of them. "aside from that.. if he stays here theres no mate for him, dragons are social or at least his breed is." He felt a little bad thinking on it that he had the poor thing out here all alone, though he had no real way of getting to the northern mountains to release him and being this small he doubted any of the groups would take him anyway. "Why don't you name him, the thing seems to like you anyway"

He had sort of been drifting off on her, the conversation was relaxing enough and falling asleep sitting up was hardly uncommon for him. Though when she shifted onto the bed and rested her head in his lap he seemed to freeze almost. 'this ... is not helping' He thought to himself, though he was distracting his mind while watching the dragon. Judith seemed comfy at the least, he wasn't about to tell her to move... he hardly minded it really it just wasn't something he expected.

As the dragon ended up back on the bed it crawled to sit behind Rhyl, pouting a little at Judith for moving. "huh?" What was she saying sorry for now, though he quickly got his answer taking notice her face seemed to be red. His ears dropped back a little what the hell was he suppose to do, she didn't need to be sorry but he didn't need to out right say he didn't mind. For all he cared she could sleep like that, but instead he handled it like he did most things.. in his own manner. "Nah, you worry too much. Least you didn't drool this time" He teased at her before standing, as kids she had fallen asleep near him before and ended up leaning against his shoulder though in the process she drooled on his shirt. He wasn't even sure she remembered that she warned him back then to not tell anyone, she probably wanted him to forget it as well.

"but get some rest eh? You'll never recover if we're going to stay up here talking about times that are long past. And you.. let her rest" He scolded the dragon who was being a attention whore again. After he went back to sitting in the chair, he needed sleep and he knew it. The lack of it was getting to him as he thought more and more.

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( sorry this is short D: )

"I guess that I do worry too much for my own good," she mumbled and looked at him. She was about to apologize for that but decided not to. Her ears dropped when he stood leaving her alone on the bed. Though she wasn't really alone, the little dragon remained with her. He hissed at Rhyldrin when he was scolded then curled up beside Judith's leg. "Maybe you should name him Vrine," she laughed and picked him up. "I suppose that he does like me." the dragon cooed as if it were agreeing.

She narrowed her eyes when he mentioned her not drooling this time. Her face became hot from blushing. "Rhyldrin," she hissed. "I told you that I bite!" though Judith would not bite him, unless he tried to do something bad to her. He had said earlier that he liked it and she didn't really know if he was being a smartass or if he was serious. She didn't want to find out.

Judith looked at Rhyldrin and raised an eyebrow. "Are you uncomfortable sleeping there?" she asked as she retreated under the covers of the bed. She laid side ways facing Rhyldrin. Vrine, if that would be his name from now on, crawled under them with her and curled up beside her chest. The little dragon really did like her, it was cute. She brought her hand to his small head and began to pet him lightly. "You can sleep with me," she said. Judith's face dropped, that sounded horribly wrong. "I mean, the bed is big enough for the both of us and it must be more comfortable than sleeping in a chair." she stuttered a few words her nerves getting the best of her. Idiot, she thought. Judith wanted to hit herself.