A Trail of Strays
Drabble. Eclipse has a sense of déjà vu.
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"Master Raenef… what is that?"
"A dragon, Eclipse."
"I can tell that. Why is it in your arms?"
"He was wandering around outside."
"Why did you bring… him in here?"
"He's lost."
"How do you know that?"
"He's too little and his mother's nowhere in sight."
"And you can confirm this?"
"…"
"Master Raenef… you have a meeting with the Council in two hours. You're covered in mud. You haven't practiced your speech. And you have an extraordinarily ugly, filthy dragon in your arms."
"William Majeh Kristopher Yeven Kayley More II."
"What?"
"That's his name."
"…Why does he have the moniker of II?"
"Because it makes him distinguished. Even if I didn't know his father. It's all right. He probably didn't either."
"…We can't keep a dragon in this castle."
"Why not?"
"…"
"I promise that you won't have to clean up his messes."
"…"
"He won't be a trouble. I promise."
"…"
"He's staying, Eclipse."
"…Both of you need a bath."
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"What… is that, Master Raenef?"
"My new page!"
"…"
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Just a bit of silliness I thought of in the middle of a rather boring lecture. I've been getting back into Demon Diary thanks to the Erutis costume I'm painfully working on (it shall be finished! Eventually…).