featherbeaned

[ Cocks her head, her ears flicking, her tail lashing slowly back and forth like an uncertain cat. ]

What's stealing?

[ Eyes! Him! ... Takes a big ol' bite and munches on it. ]

Huh?

[Maybe she's a child?? It's hard to tell with a form like that, though she is quite small... He rubs the back of his neck, head tilting slightly.]

Well, stealing is taking things that belong to someone else.

[ After a few seconds tick by without him making another grab for her, she starts to relax, he feathers smoothing down. The lashing of her tail settles to a slow swish. ]

Oh. [ Twitches an ear. ] But you have to get what you need before it goes away. So. [ NOM, GULP. ]

[ Licks her chops ... and pulls her tail around with one paw, licking the droplets of blood off the spikes her her long tongue. ]

[Maybe don't do that?? Gross... but he kneels down without getting closer.]

Don't you have any of your own food at home?

This - [ lickie lickie lickie ] is home.

[ In a manner of speaking. ]

[ Slowly stretches her snoot out towards him, snuffling. ]

Hey, hey. D'you have more? More food?

[???]

This is a public park. Where is your house?

-Ah, sorry, that was all I had with me...

[ sniff sniff SNIFF SNOOF SNOOF SNOOF ]

[ Snoofles towards his pockets. And he might, if he's paying enough attention, notice that she's a smidgen bigger than she was when she first stole his sandwich. ]

What's a house? I don't have one; I've got a nest.

[He lets her approach, but that's getting a bit into personal space territory...!! He probably smells mostly like old blood from the tissues he shoves in his pockets. Though one pocket may smell vaguely of sugar...]

You don't have a home to go back to? What about family?

[She does seem a little bigger, huh...]

[ ... Sweet? Sugar? Sweet sugar. Noses her way towards that one pocket in particular. The blood-scent doesn't bother her at all. ]

Told you, I've got my nest! [ That's what a home is, right? Right. ] It's just me.

[ Shoves her whole entire head in his pocket. ]

[Can you not??]

Hey-

[He doesn't grab her this time, but he does cover the pocket with his hand to block her head from going too far.]

That's not food!

[ Muffled squeaks as she tries to wiggle past his hand, her little claws hooking into his pants. ]

Lemme! Smells sweet, I want it.

You can't just take whatever you want!

[He tries to nudge her out with his hand, pls!!]

Why not!

[ But gosh, fine, she reluctantly allows herself to be shoo'd out. Hops and flutters back a couple of feet, ruffling her wings with a huff. ]

[Thank you, he really didn't want to risk adding to his current collection of punctures... He sighs in relief.]

Thank you. Now, as for why not, how would you like it if I took something of yours without asking?

Don't have anything for you to take.

[ Sits back on her haunches, cat-like. Once again she's a tiny smidge bigger than she had been. Just a tiny, tiny smidge. ]

You really don't have any more food? None? Really?

[Is he seeing things, or is she getting even bigger...]

You said you have a nest. What if I tried to claim your nest as mine?

All I have on me is medicine, it's not for eating.

Do you need a nest? [ Tilts her head, clearly VERY SERIOUSLY considering this. ] I can build you one. Mine'd be too small for you.

It's not? But it smells sweet.

Thank you for the offer, but no, I don't. It was just an example. But you took that sandwich without asking if I needed it. That wasn't nice.

[Most would certainly say he looks like he needs a sandwich... He pats the pocket she was trying to steal from.]

That's probably my glucose tablets. Yes they're sweet, but they're for medical emergencies, not for snacking on.

...

[ ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ]

I'm sorry for stealing your sandwich.

[ what's a glucose tho ]

[Progress....??]

I accept your apology. Please keep this is mind and don't steal in the future! And don't hurt anyone either. I imagine I startled you when I grabbed you, so I apologize for that.

[He's still bleeding slightly. This is fine.]

That said... why are you, ah, nesting in a park?

[ Flicks an ear, her tail giving another swish or two. Sorry not sorry about the bleeding. ]

Won't hurt anyone if they don't grab me.

[ SWISH, her li'l spikes dragging across the ground. They, like her horns, are prettily opalescent. She's a very shiny dragon. ]

I landed here when I fell from the sky! And there's lots of squirrels and rats to hunt.

[He's about to start in on his next lecture of trying to teach her why Harming Others Is Bad, but then she mentions That...??]

You fell from the sky?

Yep! Well! From outside the sky? Space? Good thing I've got wings.

[ Halfway unfurls them, as if in demonstration. ]

[Outside the sky? Space??]

... Is this part of some make believe game you're playing? You're not really from outer space.

Nnnnno? No. I fell from space and landed here. Don't know why I fell, my memory's all bad and fuzzy.

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