[quote=@DFTBA] [h2][color=00a651]Rebekah Green[/color][/h2] [color=39b54a]"No, Toto, I don't"[/color] Rebekah said, this time turning to face the dragon at her feet (the jerky's growth slowed significantly).[color=00a651]"I will respond in time, but remember that there are other, more capable people responding as we speak, that you yourself have just confirmed to me that there is no longer any immediate threat, and that I'm trying to help out someone else here. I'm going to be a hero. That's what we do." "You may call yourself The One, The Only, but you'll have to realise that actually, you're not the only one who can make demands on my attention, and that sometimes, other things will come first. OK?"[/color] Rebekah paused a moment, and found that she was leaning over Toto, hands on hips and breathing much more deeply than she had been. Perhaps an apology was in order. [color=00a651]"I'm sorry, Toto, that was too harsh"[/color] she said, dropping her hands and leaning back. [color=00a651]"Perhaps all that craziness affected me more than I thought. Just give me a moment to finish up here and grab my things, then we can go and I'll think about what to do next. Is that better?"[/color] [/quote] Thin tendrils of smoke spiral upwards from Toto's scaly nostrils as they flared with discontent. He responded to his mistress, his voice quietly dangerous and full of energy in Rebekah's mind, rumbling like the thunder of a distant tropical storm. [i]"Madam, do not allow my subservient manner of speaking to fool you into an inflated sense of self worth. My name reflects not the need for attention, but the fact that if properly utilized by a sufficiently creative individual, I would be the only aid of which they are ever in need. If my people demanded the entirety of our masters' attention to be appeased, we would not have shackled ourselves to creatures as frail and simple-minded as humans. We would have submitted ourselves to beings whose true natures, much like ourselves, cannot be contained in a physical form."[/i] The One The Only shakes his head and briefly stretches his wings before disappearing in a puff of indigo smoke. Once the smoke clears, an adorable kitten is left standing on the floor. He deftly climbs Rebekah's body and rubs against his mistress' cheek while purring softly in her ear, "I'm sorry Miss Rebekah. I spoke out of turn in anger. We will do whatever you think is best in your pursuit of becoming a 'hero'. However, I do have a request. I tire of my totem and would like to find a new one. Do I have your permission to go out and seek something that suits me? I will leave a shadow of myself to assist you, of course."