Lawrence glided rapidly through the doorway, closing it gently as he surfaced on the other side. The lights of the large room were dim, which accented the moonlight that entered through the wall-less opening in the far end.
The first thing that Lawrence looked for was the large, familiar silhouette, and sure enough on the mezzanine above the furnished floor sat his dragon.
Keltora was a young, magnificent, silver-scaled dragoness. She had the musculature of any other dragon, but with a carved, very slim figure that was very feminine. Her broad, glorious wings gave her an elegance that could rival Angels. She sat proudly upon the mezzanine above, staring up into the night sky, but with an agitated look on her face. As Lawrence materialized in her vision, she turned her head to see her Master.
Lawrence flew up the small flight of stairs, and turned towards his dragon, "Alright, Keltora. I got here as fast as I could."
She rasped a breath,
Thank you, Lawrence.
She spoke telepathically.
I really appreciate it.
"How're you holding up?" he asked as he strode up next to her. Sitting up tall, Keltora was nine or so feet high, so she tilted her head down to look at her Master. Lawrence continued speaking, "Are you sore?"
Not really,
Keltora answered.
But I don't really recall being that sore the last time.
Lawrence huffed, "That's because you were passed out through a lot of the worse symptoms. You probably just don't remember."
Keltora, like all female dragons do after four and a half months or so, has entered a rather supra-fertile reproductive cycle. Essentially a dragoness would experience severe discomfort and heat in the loins for about six days. Keltora underwent her first cycle four and a half months prior, and the symptoms were abnormally severe. And so, Lawrence told his dragon to alert him of the first signs of the cycle as he wanted to make sure she could get through it.
Well, I'm alright for now,
she claimed.
Just feel a little sultry is all.
"Just a little
sultry
?" he asked, eyebrows raised. "How you can say that without flustering I'll never know."
Yes, well,
she started.
I try to be as frank as possible with you.
"Pfft," he sounded. "You do that on purpose just to enfeeble me."
Ah,
her breathing was now all but silent.
But you love it.
Lawrence laughed, and placed one of his hands on her arm. He was a little taken aback by the heat of her body, but the contact made Keltora flare her nostrils and huff an uneasy breath. A painful sting of discomfort snaked its way through the lower part of her form, seemingly dragging her into submission. Her legs jerked continually, as if irritated by some invisible pin-needle.
Despite her feeble attempts to hide it physically, Lawrence sensed all this mentally and spoke, "Keltora! You're fighting yourself! Are you in pain?"
No!
she hollered telepathically.
It's just... I'm incredibly uncomfortable and warm. What I really need is some air. But I don't have the energy to walk right now, let alone fly.
"Well then, you need to lay back," Lawrence suggested. "Stop hiding it; you'll feel much better if you just relax and breathe."
Keltora winced, staring at him with slight revolt.
I⦠I will not do that! I won't⦠expose myself to you while in this condition.
"Keltora, listen," the human started. "I'm your Master; you don't need to be awkward around me."
Yes I do!
She exclaimed.
You've never seen me like this! It's⦠it's just inappropriate.
Lawrence twisted his lips a little, and glared seriously into Keltora's silver eyes, "Well, that's not actually true. Last time, there were several moments where you were a lot more exposed than you realized."
What?!
"Oh, relax," he said gently. "I didn't tell you because it's honestly not a big issue. I swear, you can bare yourself to me. I only want you to start feeling better. If you need me to leave, I'll-"
No, don't leaveā¦
Keltora seemed to ease down at his words,
It's just⦠to be honest, I thought it would be more discomfiting for you than for meā¦
"Please," Lawrence started. "I definitely recall you seeing me nude on a few occasions."
Nude, yes,
the dragoness said.
But certainly not... wellā¦
Lawrence sighed, "Point taken, but you still need to listen to me." The dragoness said nothing in response. "Keltora?" He started thinking, hoping to come up with a way for her to throw away her unease.
"Okay, how about this," the human started. "Will you do as I say if I perhaps put us at equal exposure?"
What?
"I'll strip down," Lawrence said. "If it'll help you to not be embarrassed."
I⦠well, I won't lie to you,
Keltora started.
That would help. But you'd do that knowingly?
"Of course!" her Master exclaimed. "I'll do what I have to do to help you. Hell, I'll start right now!"