Nachtia carried her wayward charge back down the stairs for the second time today, and wondered what had gotten into the little one.
Black Dragons were normally not all that curious or exploration oriented. But this one seemed to have a rebellious spirit and a yearning to explore. Or perhaps it just wanted to fly around and enjoyed the fact that it was somewhere that it was told not to be?
Sometimes that sort of reverse psychology worked well on hatchlings, she was told.
However, she had never raised any of them before, and she wasn’t actually a worker at the Orphanage. She had just answered the all hands on deck call when every egg in the space started hatching at once.
"What is with the escaping act? Did you have somewhere urgent to be?" She asked the little dragon as it began to wake up.
{Nowhere particular. It’s just too people-y down there.}
The black dragon Priestess laughed, "You know, I can understand that feeling. But if you keep escaping somewhere quiet, I have to keep looking for you, so that we know you’re getting fed and not lost in the space.
The little one thought about that. {I suppose that I can stay closer.}
Nachtia smiled at him, "How about this, I will set up a nice tent off to the side with some blankets and a book of death magic runes for you. A quiet spot to retreat to when it gets too loud?"
The little one nodded. {That sounds nice. Now, where is the food? I swear I was almost to food before you caught me.}
Nachtia set him down at the end of the table and the black dragon immediately began sorting meat for its meal. He was an incredibly picky eater, and only liked meat from animals that had died in certain ways and states of mind. Anything else didn’t smell right.
That was another thing that Nachtia understood. When she was little she was the same way.
She was also not fond of being around other people, but that feeling was mutual, and they didn’t like having her around, even though her magic was always useful to them. It was the struggle of being a servant of the God of Death.
The rest of the hatchlings in the room were an eclectic mix, thanks to Karl’s intervention. Some were Shadow Dragons, some were Earth Dragons, even a Calamity Dragon, a form of Fire Elemental Immortal Dragon that normally lived in volcanic regions.
They didn’t have anything like that in the Tiny World, but it had evolved anyhow.
It was wonderful to have so many different types of dragons present. They would help bring balance to the Tiny World, and spread out the elemental affinities of this place. However, they were going to be a real handful to raise.
So many kinds of dragons, pure dragons, not subspecies or dragonkin, were going to challenge the staff at every chance. Partially because they were born so powerful, and partially because that was just the nature of young dragons looking to find their place in the social hierarchy.
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