Breaking from the Shell

It wasn't long before Nerea joined three of the dragons near the lake. As expected, they were larger as well. She breathed in relief to know she was not a freak, in any case.

"Good morning," she greeted them nonchalantly, reveling in her even more velvety voice. Yesterday it was simply smooth. Now Nerea's speech sounded downright pleasing. She looked around the water's edge for the serpent's carcass, expecting an easy breakfast. It wasn't that hard to spot, in any case, and she walked over to it.

She took a longer time studying it to see which part would seem best for consumption, and finally settled for a piece of meat near the belly of the beast.

"Yes, Smarag needed a wash. Still does." Varek remarked, sitting down on the sand and waiting. He had nothing better to do, and figured the cloaked man would be startled if he was awoken early. Then again, a man like that might have been up the whole night. Varek wouldn't take his chances.

Pacis had finally awoken from his slumber, noticing his body to be somewhat heavier and larger. (Natural growth..?) He thought, walking outside of the cave. His slightly more sensitive ears picked up the vibrations of conversation down below, he realized this was banter from the others and decided to fly down towards them.

As Pacis arrived, he kept silent as he saw the massive corpse lying on the ground. (This must have been... It's not of any importance) He looked around one last time, then looked back at the others.

"Good morning..." He said, his voice seeming to not have changed in the slightest bit. Still young and meekly spoken as ever.

"Not well enough..." Pacis said, thinking back to his conversation with the Cloaked man. He looked back at the corpse of the serpent, and then back to Saren.

"...I'll find my own..but thank you." Pacis replied, not trying to be rude. But he refused to eat the flesh of another creature. (Why is her tail twitching in such a manner?) He thought.

"Fish.." He said quietly under his breath, with the knowledge that that serpent was no mere fish. Pacis was mesmerized by the swaying movement of Seren's tail, as if it were a pendulum. (Is she okay...?) He thought.

Pacis's stomach growled, knowing he had to grab something to eat Pacis looked back up towards Saren.

"I'm going to go eat..." He said in his meekish voice, walking off further down the lake looking for a decently scaled rock. Feeling hungrier than ever before, probably due to his growth.

Nerea smiled and nodded in acknowledgement to Pacis. The two dragons had scales almost the same color; she was wondering if it was easy to tell them apart.

In a springy tone, Nerea started detailing her morning before she met up with them again. "It appears I'll have to change nests again. The one I slept in for the night is too small for me, even though it was at least half my size when I fell asleep yesterday." She paused, mesmerized at the sound of her own voice. Oh Nerea, you. "It's such a shame, though, it was such a nice space... like, just the right amount of shade and grass and everything..."

She was so trailed out into her own story that she barely realized she had never naturally learned speech, let alone the same language as them. When it came to Nerea's mind, she simply shrugged it off as if it was an obligatory occurrence. The purple dragon was curious, but she wasn't questioning.

"Vegetarian?" Varek asked, tossing up sand with his tail.

"Bah. No. Pacis won't eat anything other than rocks. I wonder what the cloaked man will do with him when we're supposed to go out and kill people." Varek said, by now having dug a sufficiently-sized hole. Naturally, he rolled around until he found another spot to continue his equivalent of thumb twiddling.

"By the way, when are we supposed to do that? If we keep growing like this I'll make a bet for tomorrow." He added, eventually deciding digging was counterproductive, so his tail fell flat on the ground. Only then did he realize he was getting comfortable with his growth spurt.

"Humans..." Pacis said to himself, not finding a large enough rock to crush into a sizeable meal. Instead he gathered a few together and then crushed them with his front claws, devouring what must have been three pounds of the crushed rock.

"Meh.." He said to himself as he sat down on his back legs looking up at the trees.

"I have no clue, really. However, Humans do seem to have interesting personalities." Varek only knew one human so far. And he was very interesting. He got up and strode over to the river.

"There's plenty of dead things down there. I kind of wonder how the fish live here."

Validus lands just behind the cloaked man, after taking off from the mountain. He stands upright, revealing that he is....

...no bigger than he was before. Or if he was, it was by very little.

Pacis simply stayed seated, not heeding towards the others. (Disgusting...) He thought to himself, as he continued to watch the trees bustle.

Validus moves to the water's edge and slips in as well after a minute or two of uncertainty. After a little while of learning to swim, he finally begins looking around for some fish. Once he catches sight of some, he goes in for the kill, swallowing them whole.

He was glad to finally have something to eat.