Ascending Legends

[BookWyrm]

"It still doesn't hurt to be careful." Dayn laid a reassuring hand over Arryn's. "Alright love, I'll stop." He laid back and stared at the ceiling for awhile before looking over his hands. He managed to squeeze them closed and open them again without reopening the wounds, but it sure hurt like Hel.

 

[Dragongal]

Arryn took his hands in hers and looked him in the eyes. "Love, the scars aren't formed yet. I'm going to make sure it won't hurt you. It's going to be okay, I promise."

 

[BookWyrm]

"I know you will. I'm just trying to think of something to do with my time as I recover." Dayn looked up at Arryn and smiled. "Unless you'd rather me rest that is."

 

[Dragongal]

"Well, I do want you to rest, but if you don't do anything too harsh, you can move around." Arryn permitted him. If he tried anything too strenuous, she'd forbid it. At an idea, she smiled to him. "Or do you want to cuddle a wolf?"

 

[BookWyrm]

"Tempting." As he lay there Dayn couldn't help but feel a little, icky. "I wouldn't mind taking a bath first though." Dayn scratched at his face, realizing that there was several days worth of stubble there now. "I could go for a shave as well."

 

[Dragongal]

"I could permit a bath and a shave," Arryn said with a smile. She got up and heated some water for him, pouring it in the tub and laying out a towel and some clothing for him before returning. "Do you need help with your bandages?"

 

[BookWyrm]

Dayn had managed to get the bandages on his hands started, but he still didn't have the dexterity to unwind everything else. "Now that you mention it, yes." Dayn held his hands out with a smile.

 

[Dragongal]

Arryn unwound the bandages on his hand, then the ones on his torso. "The water's not too hot, so it shouldn't hurt. I'm going to be in the bedroom if you need me, I won't sleep. Okay?"

 

[BookWyrm]

"I should be fine for a little while if you want to catch some sleep." Dayn leaned over and kissed her cheek before undressing and easing down into the bath. It stung at first like the last time, but after a few minutes it eased off. Though shaving was tricky Dayn managed to pull it off without much fuss. He dried himself off later, being extra careful around his wounds, before sliding into his pants and throwing a shirt over his shoulder. "Arryn, you awake?", he asked as he walked into the bedroom.

 

[Dragongal]

"Yep," she replied. She was laying on the bed, drawing a forest scene in her sketchbook. She closed the book and set it aside as he walked in, smiling to him. "You look better."

 

[BookWyrm]

"I feel better." He laughed as he sat down on the bed next to her. "I didn't mind the beard before, but now it makes me feel wolfish even if I'm human. I like to keep some distinction between forms if I can." He picked up the sketchbook and flipped to the page she had been working on. "Not bad."

 

[Dragongal]

Arryn blushed and took the sketchbook from his hands. "It's not finished yet!" She tossed to book into her pack. "Pay attention to me, not my nasty attempts at drawing."

 

[BookWyrm]

Dayn raised an eyebrow before wrapping his arms around her neck. "You always have my attention love." He leaned in and kissed her lips. "Now, wasn't there something about cuddling with a wolf mentioned earlier?"

 

[Dragongal]

"Oh, right. You want to cuddle with a furball, then?" Arryn laughed a bit.

 

[BookWyrm]

"Of course." Dayn laughed before holding up his hands. "Might want to wrap everything up first though."

 

[Dragongal]

Arryn smiled and took his hands, looking them over. She reached into her pack and pulled out the balm, setting to gently rubbing the balm into his hands, then his back, and binding all of his wounds. "Not too tight?"

 

[BookWyrm]

"Nope. I'm all set." Dayn turned and laid out on the bed as he waited for Arryn to shift. His mind started to wander as he waited, mostly to things he wanted to do when he was finally healed again.

 

[Dragongal]

Arryn got out of the bed and undressed, shifting quicker than ever before jumping onto the bed, nuzzling Dayn's neck, rubbing against his chest, and licking his face, her tail wagging like crazy.

 

[BookWyrm]

Dayn couldn't help but laugh as Arryn "attacked" him. He rubbed on her neck and scratched behind her ears, laughing even harder still as he watched her tail swing back and forth. "You really are something you know?" He wrapped his arms around her neck and pulled her close to him.

 

[Dragongal]

Arryn laid down close to him, purring as he held her close. <I know.> She licked his cheek and nuzzled against him lightly. <But I'm your something. We've both got rings to prove it. Though, I took mine off before shifting. But still.>

 

[BookWyrm]

Dayn scratched under her chin as he smiled. "I can't hold it against you there." Dayn sighed as his face turned sour. He looked out of the window, not really at anything, but searching for something. "I've learned so much of the world while traveling with you. So many things that I was taught growing up, so much of it contradicts how life truly is outside of the nobles eyes. They live in their own world and are blinded by the true beauty that is right in front of them." Dayn wasn't exactly sure why that had come out suddenly. "I'm sorry love.", he said as he shook his head and started to rub her ears. "I've had a lot on my mind recently."

 

[Dragongal]

<That's alright, mo chroi> Arryn purred as he rubbed her ears. <Tell me if you like. I'll listen. I'll pretend to be a normal wolf and not talk, just listen, if you like.>

 

[BookWyrm]

"But my wolf can talk. And I do enjoy listening to her sing on the occasion when she feels a song come on." Dayn smiled, taking a moment to look down at her before continuing to rub her ears. "I've always thought the nobles had it wrong. They always taught that the laws of nobility and chivalry were something on for nobles, yet on the campaign I saw noblemen slaughter and rape the same as their men did, perhaps even more. They took slaves and servants from the children whose families had been killed because they were entitled to them as spoils of war." Dayn took a deep breath, remembering that day all of those years ago. He'd confronted the Duke that was leading their regiment. No, better not to think about it now. "I've seen more nobles act like thugs and bandits than I have ever seen from the common people, yet no one praises the people like you or Matthias for standing up to the Black Markets here in Rorich."

 

[Dragongal]

<We have accepted this. It makes it easier for us to do what we must.> Arryn licked his cheek lightly. <We keep ourselves to stricter rules at times, so we don't appear as how some nobles see us. Not that it matters. We're responsible for a lot, though. We are the majority, after all, sometimes the Lords need to know it.>

 

[BookWyrm]

Dayn took on hand and rubbed the side of her face, the other used to still rub her ear. "You don't think Matthias, Kalie, and Theodas are bothered by me being a noble do you?" He still felt a little odd around them. "I mean, I feel like it's strange enough being Moon-Born around them, but I feel like they are untrusting of me because I'm a noble."