This was how Relissi found her pet cat, Mikeneko, and her green dragon, Vobis, one morning. The girl lifted one eyebrow questioningly before shaking her head, causing rusty red curls to fall over her face. She usually kept it in a braid, but had neglected to do so this morning, so her red hair currently fell down her back in wavy lengths, at least when it wasn't falling over her face, anyway.
She cocked her head to one side as she stared at the odd duo. "What are you two doing?" She asked.
Mikeneko looked up at her, breaking the eye contact. Vobis sat back with a happy bugle. Ha ha, I win!
The feline hissed at her. Shut up, you. Besides, it doesn't count, outside interference.
Vobis growled furiously at the cat. Does so. But Mikeneko was now ignoring her, licking a forepaw nonchalently.
Relissi sometimes wondered why those two always seemed to be at each other's throats, then she wondered how Vobis could hear Mikeneko at all, and shook her head. Perhaps she had picked up her rider's talent to talk to animals.
Ooh! Relissi, now that you're here, I wanted to ask you something. The green hathian turned back to her rider.
Relissi shrugged. "Sure, what is it?"
Don't agree to anything before you know what it is. Mikeneko advised her, but Vobis swatted the cat away with her tail before continueing.
I was hoping we could stay here for a while longer. Vobis pleaded.
Relissi's eyebrows furrowed. "How long?"
Oh, a couple months or so...The green said evasively.
Relissi blinked, taken aback. "Why?"
Mikeneko spoke up, sniggering. She wants to mate, that's why.
The hathian's angered shrieks only proved the cat's point all the more, and he began to groom himself smugly, the large, hissing dragon seeming not to bother him at all.
Relissi hesitated, unsure. "Already?" She knew her dragon would want to mate eventually, but she hadn't realized it would be so soon...Vobis was barely three years old, just an adult in hathian terms.
But she would not deny her dragon the right to have a mate, which Vobis knew well, so she really didn't have much choice in the matter. "Alright then." She said, causing Vobis to croon happily, and Mikeneko to hiss in distaste. The cat was ignored, and Relissi cocked her head to one side. "Vobis, are you looking for a lifetime mate, or just...well..."
A one night fling? Mikeneko suggested dryly, causing Relissi and Vobis to glare at him.
"Well, yes, in a word..." Relissi said, glancing away from the cat.
The green dragon cocked her head thoughtfully. I'm not sure. I suppose either would be fine. If they want to stay with me, I wouldn't mind, but if they don't, I wouldn't really mind that either.
Relissi nodded in answer, silent. She only hoped their riders would be as satisfactory as the dragons would be...
