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No, nothing dirty implied... anyway. Since Vicarious seems to have gone down like a lead balloon... the second part of that is sitting on the shelf for another day... today you can get something new. Bit of a whim inspired by something else I read, wanted to explore a... slightly different, slightly dark take on some of my common themes... think it came out well enough. Hope you enjoy
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Posted by sharky 4 years ago Report
I LIKE IT
Posted by Littledude 4 years ago Report
Gotta love intelligent predators cultivating intelligent prey.
Posted by DrakeZephyr 4 years ago Report
Curious choice of words, cultivate
Posted by Littledude 4 years ago Report
Seemed appropriate given how the dragon mentions not razing the village per se in exchange for a little nosh here and there.
Posted by DrakeZephyr 4 years ago Report
To me cultivate leans towards the idea of... well, akin to farming. I'd intended to portray a more... "here's the deal. We don't eat humans, humans stay out of this area we designate forbidden. A dragon breaks that rule, we fight them tooth and claw, to the death if need be. A human breaks that rule, same thing. But it'll be a lot easier for us, and digestive for them"
Don't recall talk of village razing... unless I remember less of the story than I think
Posted by Littledude 4 years ago Report
I might have put that in myself, sorry. I was thinking of the line where the dragon said they don't let their own kind go all out on the village. So to me that felt like a game preserve type of deal.
Posted by DrakeZephyr 4 years ago Report
I can kinda see that. I'm hoping I got across that the humans are on the, outside of the ring, and the dragons on the inside. Such that humanity can go in any direction, except in.
Posted by Mechdragon1k 4 years ago Report
I wonder if arn might of at some point asked the dragon to ensure rilo well being?
Posted by DrakeZephyr 4 years ago Report
I suspect by the time his mind turned to that, he was beyond hearing
Posted by byzantine27 4 years ago Report
Ah, poor Rilo. I wonder how things will go for him now that he's lost his master but gained the attention of a dragon he was so interested in.
Posted by Kasra 4 years ago Report
Very good story! Interesting setting, with the city/woods divide. And the predator/prey interaction was great.
Posted by DrakeZephyr 4 years ago Report
I'm glad to hear you think so ^.=.^