mykidisthebest

[watches him fondly]

Is there not? There is a lot I don't know about how these transformations change my impulses and thinking; and indeed they have already begun to change it.

But it is not bad, either way. I do not think it was a mistake of the magic here, what it chose to tie into me with the return of my name.

I can't claim to know about every kind of transformation. Especially not the ones from here. So maybe it really is that the magic here thought a dragon transformation was the most suitable skill for you. But typically it isn't that they alter your personality, but that you act different with new kinds of abilities. For example...if you suddenly gain a ton of power and strength, you might feel more reckless because you know you can handle it. A lot of S-Classes are eager to fight each other, but it's not because they're especially prone to fighting. It's just because they're really eager to test their skills against an opponent they're evenly matched against.

For a dragon transformation, it's worthwhile to consider if being a dragon is changing your thinking, or if you're just thinking differently in a different form because it's more suitable. You're more inclined to use the tool you have available to you in any form, like wings and claws and teeth. If you had additional skills you'd probably also make use of them, right?

[the longer he keeps babbling the clearer it is that he's just very interested in this kind of stuff]

[he likes debating with Lethe he's very cute when he's talking out something he's interested in!!!]

Hmm. I'm not sure that's entirely accurate. It's true that I have more confidence in a fight simply due to knowing I likely won't die in a blow, and that I am more inclined to rely on the weaponry of a dragon body than I am a human's. But I also now have urges, needs, that come up at the oddest times, that are not modifications of previously existing behavior. I suppose the line between the two is often blurry, though.

Hmm. That's interesting...the pasture's skills are pretty different from what I'm used to, though, so it isn't too shocking that it's more foreign than what you're used to. Did flying come naturally to you too? A pair of siblings I know back home gained the ability to transform, but the flight didn't come naturally to the one who gained wings. He was struggling with it because his mind is still human, even when he transforms. But if the transformation comes pre-loaded with the instincts for it, I imagine adapting is much easier.

It was some of both. The transformation does not entirely compensate for the disconnect between mind and body, so my initial efforts at getting airborne were...not good. But there was enough instinct of how to move, how to angle and use the wind once I was in a position to, that it was not as though I was entirely newborn to the art, either.

Such instincts dull as I move further along the spectrum from dragon back to human form, but they also are present when I appear human.

Does it bother you? The added instincts, I mean. I'm sure there's a way to compartmentalize them if you wanted to try.

[frowns at the last of his salad a little]

I don’t hate them. But it might be worth learning. I do still have to do my work as a human, after all.

It's still you no matter what, but I do prefer you as a human.

Teach me later then, o wise one.

After dinner? Or do we have more plans then?

We could have more plans.

I'm all yours for today. Even if the plan is to do nothing but lay in the grass and look at the sky, I'd be happy with it.

That's a little unlike you, but I can only encourage your relaxation.

It's a hypothetical. I'm sure we can manage to find other relaxing activities around, too.

Long walks on the beach?

[oh no the next course is galbi but not beef for obvious no-cows reasons]

[he is briefly distracted from the question by digging in with gusto]

--That is just the right type of romantic, actually. Even if it's a little cliche. That's part of the charm.

We could do both. We do have all day.

[unless something else happens but ain't that always a risk]

[it's a risk they're willing to take]

Hmm. A walk on the beach is best during sunset, and we do have time to kill until then. I know you don't usually do dates, but is there any typical activities involved in courting someone? We could fit those in too.

[makes a tiny sound like a laugh, deep in his throat]

A great deal of normal courting is done through balls and society events, which we have little access to here. The rest is really at the couple’s discretion—finding activities they enjoy. Meals, theatre, local sightseeing, that sort of thing.

Then aside from the balls it's pretty similar. Except I'm sure rich people back home have balls too; just not the rest of us.

Hard to say if the etiquette's the same. Perhaps I'll make it a point to find out.

[charon what dat mean]

[charon what does that MEAN]

You don't plan on doing anything that would get me in trouble, I hope.

[rests a heavy gaze on him]

Hardly.

[his lips twitch]

What a gentleman. I can only assume trouble should be saved for the...hmm, third date?

Does this count as our first?

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