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....if you say so.

Of course I do. Most anything can be better with a little sweet.

Right! Dessert for every meal. [ Just kidding! Living off dessert would be a Terrible Idea for anyone, let alone a dragon. ]

Ahh ... hm, I wonder ...

I wish, though we do need the other stuff. And the other stuff can be good.

Just not as good.

...what?

Salmon is as good ... when it's got honey.

Hmm, well! It's nothing important, I'm just thinking about food. And Mao. And how much food Mao had. What kind of food Mao had.

....do you not like things beyond sweet and fish with sweet?

He worked all day without eating?

I like other things! Like fish on its own, and meat, and crunchy vegetables and berries and fruit and honey and frosting ...

[ because clearly, dusk hasn't yet grasped the depths of her love for honey. clearly. ]

[ sorry she's like this ]

He prob'ly ate breakfast ... [ It was like, afternoon. ] I wasn't hungry, so I must've had something before the memory.

Just checking. I get the sweet tooth, but I don't want to know what scurvy looks like on a dragon.

[Scurvy is a terrible thing.]

Is the kind he had important?

What's scurvy?

[ But she shakes her head. ]

Not important. Like I said, just wondering ... I need a lot of food, you know. Did he help me hunt? Did we buy food from human shops? [ That would've gotten expensive very, very quickly. ]

Disease you get if you don't have enough vitamins in your diet. Makes your teeth fall out and other nasty stuff.

....it doesn't seem like the place with a lot of hunting. Unless the house was out in the woods.

Ew! My teeth? [ Cups a protective hand over her mouth. ] Never, I need those.

[ Lowers her hand slowly ... ]

It's not. I think? Didn't smell like it, or like the sea.

Yeah, scurvy is not nice. Was a big problem when humans started wailing across the ocean. When space travel happened, people had to rely a lot on medical supplements because it's hard making sure there's food that will last that long in storage.

And you really wouldn't look good without your teeth. Pulls the whole look together for cute, but fierce.

What did it smell like?

And your humans don't have magic to help it grow anyways ... [ sounds like a nightmare tbqh ]

It smelled like, hmm ... [ Tilts her head back, closing her eyes. ] Like Mao's house, grass, flowers, tarmac, cars, honey, cats, dogs, small prey.

No. [Pause.] Yeah, no. Took a while to get the tech too.

So suburban?

See, this is why being a dragon is amazing. We don't need tech.

[ Tilts her head. ]

Small town? I think? Surrounded by fields.

[Shrugs.] There's not a lot of magic in my world.

Hmmm, might not be too far from places to hunt.

Or farmland.

Missing out. [ Magic is the BEST ]

[ She will accept no arguments ]

Prob'ly lots of deer, maybe fish if there's rivers nearby.

We made do. And then magic started happening for me, so.... [Shrugs.]

Deer is a lot of meat. How much DO you eat a day?

D'you like it, the magic?

[ His question is a good one, though. How much does she like to eat when she gets it? ]

Ummm. Lots? Lots and lots. I can eat a whole red deer for lunch and still want snacks later.

[He considers that a few moments.] I was kind of neutral on it at first.

But it does allow for a whole lot more options when I'm lacking in resources to solve a big problem. It saved my life a few times during the whole heart game thing. So yeah, I think I do like it.

...that is a lot.

Good! Glad it's been there when you need it.

[ Laughs tho ]

I am a big predator. [ She can walk and talk and dress like a human, but in the end she's at the top of her universe's food chain. GIRL GOTTA EAT. ]

I am too. Helps a lot when I decide to be an idiot. [And he can be a real idiot.]

True. Just hard to imagine since you're usually in the smaller form.

Having friends and team helps with idiocy, too. [ It's always good to have people as back-up, not just magic. ]

Smaller is ... easier, here. If I was big I wouldn't fit through any of the doors. [ And that would get old fast ]

Prob'ly spent a lot of time small with Mao, too. Human life isn't built with dragons in mind.

Oh, without a doubt. Just sometimes I get stuck on my own and then the stupid has to happen.

I don't have a problem asking other people for help.

They are kind of small.

It's really not. Chairs aren't really made for anything with more than two legs.

See, that's how I know you're not all dumb.

[ Being able to ask for help when you need it is Valid and Important and Meri approves. ]

I've got another token. [ Pulls it out of her pocket, ears twitching. ] Could see more of my not-human adventures in human-land.

I try. I may misjudge when I need help, but when I know I need it, I do whatever I can to get it. [Because sometimes he just does things cause he thinks he can handle it and people have taken it as being unwilling to ask. Really, its just faster.]

Sure. Always up for fish out of water stories. Or fire breathing badass stories.