another hundred miles ● asteri

Asteri

"The stars listen, so don't say anything you'd regret."

She sloshed around in the water as the dragon spoke, ears tilted toward them as she flipped different stones over. Bandits, thieves? She had dealt with the occasional mad-minded animal who thought itself strong enough to take her or her siblings, even food, when she was young, and she always had her mother or father to jump in and defend. But so many as to take hold of a territory? Her lips twitched in irritability. She jumped through the water again as she was quiet in thought.

"I could.." She could what? Fight? Help defend their home? She was skinny, spindly, easy to push around. She wasn't her mother, who's stocky build would help send invaders running, or any of her siblings, who shared the stocky builds and aggression of both her mother and father. She was weak compared to them, but she was fast. Her mother had trained her to utilize that speed, and the dragon she had just met had no one else to help as of yet. And even worse-

They had only their children. She had skipped that part for a moment but thank the stars her mind kept it. She sighed, then pounced at another rock. "I could help." Her voice held a determined tone, not her usual, soft spoken, shy tone.