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Dragon's Heart [Monochromatic & Ez]

He took away his hand after he's done with the examination. "Well, I wish so too. It would be mice if you could heal properly. But, well.. we can't do anything about that." He muttered as he glanced on his shoulder. He wonder if the arrow wound already gone by now, or not. He's sure that it will left a mark but judging at the no pain on his body at all, it probably healed by now.

"Are you good to get moving?" He tapped the not wounded side of Verloren's cheek a couple of time be fore he stood and yawned. He thought about getting a nap and maybe if they have any spare money, he should buy some books about medics by the time they got to their destination. And a map while they're at it. So they could know where are they heading, not just aimlessly passing from place to place. Lu learned how to read and write just like the other human child. Even though he didnt join the formal education at the school back in the Brume.

There's a light inside the bushes that was caught by the corner of Lu's eyes, and the young dragon turned around to take a look at it. Even though he's sure that it was just his imagination or something caught the sunlight and reflected it. But, still, he moved quite closer to the bushes and dig into the pile of leaves and branches carefuly so he won't injure his hand. After few seconds digging in, his fingertips touched a very smooth, ceramic like surface. Though he wasn't sure what it is.

"Ver, I found something weird in this bush. It feels like a ceramic, or..something with a smooth surface. You know, like those sparkly, round stones back then at the city. Uh, what was it called again?" He furrowed his eyebrows a he tried to remember the name of the things. The female in the city used it as a jewelry. It made from a stone and very expensive, but it's very pretty and sparkly like a glass or a mirror. He's even more confused by the time he almost caught the words from the back on his mind, making him forgot about the name of the stones.

After he reached the unfamiliar object, he tried to pull it out but something like a small chains seemed to stuck inside the soil. "It got stuck!" A desperate sigh came out of his mouth. He was so close on getting the object, but he should probably leave it alone.

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"I see. I will..try to be more vocal then." He smiled. He was done eating so he doesn't have anything to do while waiting for Verloren. His body already completely dry and warm, the sun is also starting to get brighter as they spent too much time in the forest. He hoped that they could reach the nearest village before the sun is too high.

He remembered that he need to check on Ver's fever. So he placed his hand on the teen's forehead, and felt a slight warmer temperature than it was supposed to be. "Yeah, try to say that you can sleep it off one more time." His eyebrows furrowed as he concentrated to make his hand cold as a compress. At least to make sure that it won't get much hotter than this. He heard about human getting brain damages just by a fever.

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"One cooked fish will be coming soon then." He snorted as the gave Ver a stick to skewer the fish, while he ate some slices raw. He left quite a lot of portion for Verloren, and stared at the other boy as he cooked the fish. "And I'm serious about not letting you fly wiith me if you haven't recovered." He stick out his tongue, a bit of too childish gesture, but he hoped that enough to gave Ver some motivation to get rid of the fever. He sat down quietly as he watched the teen eating, Lu doesn't even try to bring any topics to talk about. More like, he doesn't have any. Sure, he could ask something about the humans now while they're resting. But, somehow, he doesnt want to ruin their peaceful breakfast time. So, instead of talking, he took a stick and went to draw patterns on the ground. Just to take away anything on his mind, really.

Once he's done with his small, artistic time, he sighed and glanced at the river. "hey, did I think too much, in your opinion?" He asked out of the blue. Wondering around if any creatures around his age was supposed to worry over every little things or not. "Like.. I tend to worry you once my eyes changed color." And now he looked at the teen beside hime, wanting an answer so he could at least fix his too much thinking habit. He doesn't mind to.change little by little.

Dragon's Heart [Monochromatic & Ez]

Lu nodded quietly as he held Ver's hand and tightly clenching his teeth. He know that, he know that they're supposed to fill each other's weaknesses, but he couldn't help to feel insecure. The teen sure, tried his best to comfort him but he's not completely cheered up yet. Though, he smiled a bit because he doesn't want Verloren to worry about him too much. He lifted his face and chuckled. "Don't blame me if I ask a lot of questions. Like, A LOT."

He moved away a little bit, releasing Ver's hand from his grasp as he took the knife to clean the fish. "So, we are going to the nearest village and patch you up before going anywhere else. I'm not gonna let you sit on my back if you insist on going anywhere with your fever." His voice was firm, but it held no harm as he just want to make sure everything would be better for them to take care of their wounds first.

Dragon's Heart [Monochromatic & Ez]

"Alright." Lu replied softly, his voice almost inaudible. Well, he felt terrible that he seems to know nothing useful for both of them. He sighed and sat down on the ground, watching the fire as it became bigger. After a while, he absent-mindedly giving the fish to Verloren to cut it, since he could eat it raw, but not sure if Ver could handle the fishy smell or not.

"You know.. I barely know a single things about humans. I'm not sure if I could be useful in this journey."

He casted his eyes downward, staring on his toes as his irises slowly changed into a dull, blue color. Not quite depressed but, a bit sad that he couldn't be more of use. It's been a while since he felt this way. Earlier, his top priority was to make sure that his partner's fever will go down anytime soon. But, now, he doesn't even know what he's doing anymore. The elders warned him about the cycle called life and death, and humans tend to pass away easily. They grow old and get sicker each time, but not with dragons. Brume have some adult dragons that lost their riders, and they end up living aimlessly.

In short, Lu was afraid on losing Verloren. It's their first day, and getting injured was not a very good sign. What if next time, Ver got injured more than this, and he got no knowledge at all on how to help his rider? He will be the cause that his partner's dying and.. and-

Lu let out a sharp gasp and he blinked repeatedly. Eyes turned back to its crimson color, along with his breath that slowed down. "S-sorry.. I was-" he turned his head away and hugged his knees.

Dragon's Heart [Monochromatic & Ez]

Lu came back to the surface and threw two, large silver colored fishes on the grass. Then, after a while, he lifted himself off the water and shivered. The morning breeze is really his weakness. Maybe he should've brought another pair of clothing, thicker one. Shrugging a bit, he took his now dirty cape and drapped it all over his body, and he unconsciously let out a sigh of relief at the warmth.

The fishes are still twitching and he felt bad to eat them. But, then again, they need to survive. No one's gonna provide them any three course meal a day, no longer. With his not so much strength, at least when he's in his human form, he dragged the fish and approached Ver with one of it. "So, I've been wondering if we could sell something and obtain any gold. Do you think, my scales will worth some of it??" He asked as he went back to drag the other fish.

"But, uh, if that would make our track visible, maybe we could try to catch some fishes and sell it."

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Lu snapped from his deep thought as a familiar hand placed in top of his head. He saw Ver rummaging around his bad and pulled out some kind of medicinal..tape? Even though he's confused, he took it and placed it on top of the wound, carefully, and making sure he didn't put any pressure on the swollen areas. Now, the teen infront of him look a bit bratty. Like some kids who get into a fight almost everyday and their face are full with bandages.

"Well.. we could visit a village for a short time, at least until your fever got away. You're not gonna make anywhere far with your condition." Lu said, a bit worried. At least, they could grab something to make the fever go down a little before continuing their little adventure. Making sure that Verloren is in a good shape for a long walk. But, maybe they should start the day with breakfast.

His head turned to the river as some fishes made noises by the water. "I'm going to get them for you. Without waiting for the other to reply, he ran to the river and took off his cape. He immediately dived down the clear river and blinked to adjust his vision. He never learn how to swim, but he guess that he sorta know how, and at least he could float. He swam to the surface to take a breath and leaned on the riverside. "I saw a huge one there." A wide smile, almost formed a grin was plastered on his face and he dived in one more time.

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Lu carefully wiped the wound with wet, and clean rag. Making sure to get rid of the excess medicinal stuff on the skin. He also cleaned the ear wound slowly, stopping every now and then, every time Verloren winced or hissed from the stinging sensation. After he was done, he took the herb tin and dig inside the container to get the herb, and the dragon applied it all over the wound.

"Anyway, I found a bandages inside your bag. Do you want me to cover the wound with it?" He asked. Since he doesn't have any medic experience, he need to know about the next step after cleaning the wound and applying the medicine. That way, he won't make the wound getting worse than it should be. "It looks bright red. We need to find any nearby village to get more medicinal supplies." He could probably sell his shedding scales, see if it could be that much worth of golds. He wondered though, perhaps he should let Ver to handle the selling or buying things.

Being in the outside world, especially when they need money like humans, made him uncomfortable. He just realized that he know almost nothing about the world. Like, how the market work, how much the money worth to buy supplies, where are they gonna go, or even...if there's any bad guys or dangerous creatures. Lu never joined the field to train since he's not an adult dragon yet. Of course he know how to fight, or at least to counter a few attacks in combats.

But, what if he met a creature that he didn't know how to fight? What if.. he needs to fight another dragon up in the sky?

His hand stopped cleaning the wound as worry took over his mind. Maybe, just, maybe this wasn't a good idea at all. But he can't back down now! He doesn't want to make his one and only rider became disappointed in him. He's not gonna take away Ver's freedom like people back in the city.

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Lu shook himself awake from the sleepiness and he pushed himself off the ground. "Well, aside from your fever, you look good enough." He turned back to his human form, wanting to help Ver to clean his wound. It swollen and looked visible enough from far away. They need to find a village to at least buy some decent medcal supplies to treat it properly.

"Here, lemme help you wash it okay?" After he drapped his cape over his body, he approached Ver to help him. "Do you feel any other kind of pain?" He asked as he rummaged inside Verloren's bag to get a clean cloth. He just need to dip it inside the water and then clean up the wound.

Dragon's Heart [Monochromatic & Ez]

"Yeah, I remember it very well. You got a really huge swollen foot. Gotta hold myself back from stepping on it." Lu let out a throaty chuckle and felt Verlore rested on his head. He felt that the teen was quite feverish, doesn't that meant that he got an infection?? "Well, go ahead and sleep. I will stay awake just in case. Tomorrow we could fly around to see if we could find another town, or a village nearby." Lu muttered and tried to re-assure his companion that everything will be alright. At least, right now.

He let Ver rest until morning came around. And good thing, nothing came to ambush them even though Lu saw some creatures tried to get close to them. He just need to whip his tail around to shoo the said creatures, and they didn't came back until morning. What a good luck.

His eyes glanced at Verloren who was sleeping on his side peacefully. Lu decided to let him sleep a bit longer so the teen could regain his power by the time they need to move.