The People Who Stole a VERY Rare Dragon and Got Away with It (Closed//Stalkers Enabled)

He took it and helped hoist himself up. His dragon cooed its part.

Artemisia chuckled. "Cutie." She murmured, reaching past Gij and closing the window. "Alrighty." She turned and walked toward a small cabinet. "I've got some herbal remedies for the cuts, but I'm not sure what to do about the cracked scales." She turned. "Are either of you hungry?"

His dragon yelped and Gij nodded. "I… I suppose… I could… e…" His voice was faint and he was sinking down to the ground.

"Oh boy." Artemisia grabbed him and dragged him over to a chair. "Let's get both of you hydrated and clean those wounds."

His dragon rose on his lap and started to lick his face. It knocked the hoodie out of the way to show lank slate-black hair and (usually) bright green eyes. But now they were faded and half-closed. He looked quite handsome for his age, considering he looked to be about eighteen.

Artemisia couldn't help but study his face a bit. He looked like a decent fellow. "Where did you get cut, pal?" She asked, pulling out a cloth and medicinal salve.

He moaned in pain weakly and gestured to a gash in his side. He was laying awkwardly so the cloth of the chair didn't press into the wound. His dragon cooed nervously and continued licking his face.

She soaked the cloth in water, wringing it out as she knelt down. She gently dabbed at the wound. "What got kind of weapon got ya? Was it a poisoned one?"

Gij twitched occasionally but didn't moan in pain again. "I-I don't know. I think one of them scratched me with their claws, though. Th-that might be it…" He gasped in pain and grabbed the dragon suddenly. The dragon merely cooed and rubbed his face against Gij's.

"Mm." Artemisia fetched dressing before beginning to apply a salve. "Well, I'll apply some Ketos leaves to the wound just to be safe. That kills pretty much any basic poison."

Gij nodded. "Thank you… Sobex says his scales will heal with time. Right?" Sobex, the dragon, yapped.

"Oh, is that your name?" She asked the dragon. "What's your rescuer's name?" She asked, pressing leaves against the wound. "This might sting a bit."

Gij gasped and when the sting faded he answered, "I'm Gij. That's what people call me, anyway." Sobex yapped again and hopped around.

Artemisia nodded, wrapping the wound. She chuckled as Sobex hopped around. "Let's take a look at you Sobex." She said, finishing.

Sobex stopped and lashed his tail. "He says that he doesn't need it," Gij translated weakly, "Dragon wounds heal differently than our own. He says he'll be fine, so I believe him."

"You can understand him?"

"Yeah… That's also why I saved him. He wanted me to."

"Ah. Are you two hungry at all?"

"Yeah. Sobex is hungry. I'll eat whenever you cook." Sobex yapped happily and continued making out with Gij's face.

(Sobex you are killing me with cuteness)
"Well, what does Sobex eat?" She walked into the kitchen, checking her icebox. "I've probably got some cold cuts."

"Ughh, Sobex please… yeah… cold cuts are fine for him. Sobex go get them…" Sobex's thick wings unfold and he sloppily flew over, yapping.

Artemisia grinned. "Hey there kiddo. You prefer chicken or pork?"

He yapped excitedly and Gij answered weakly, "Pork."

Artemisia pulled the pork out of the icebox, placing it on a plate on the floor. "Try and to not be too messy." She said, before walking back over to Gij. I've got the makings for a PBJ sandwich if you want."

Gij nodded. "That'd be fantastic… thank you…" As behind them, Sobex sounded like he was mauling an actual pig.

Artemisia walked back into the kitchen and started making the sandwich. "Wonder what those folk were doing with a dragon pup. Dragons usually live farther south then here."

"I don't know." Gij's voice sounded stronger. "Maybe they wanted to do experiments with him. Sobex said that they said he was an exceptionally rare breed of dragon."

"Mm. I've never seen one with bioluminescent stripes before." She said, finishing the sandwich and handing it to Gij. "Not that I've seen very many dragons. I mean, I've seen illustrations, but they're usually just forest shades."

(I gtg for the night)

Gij sat up on his elbow. "The same goes here. I saw one in a petting zoo and I talked to her for a while. I wanted to save her too, but she was too big." He sighed and bit into the sandwich. "But, Sobex really wanted me to save him. He… likes me a lot for some reason…"