I was staring down the dragon of the darkness flame as it hurtled at me. I'm not even entirely sure what I was feeling in that very moment. For some reason I trusted it wouldn't hurt me. I welcomed then, the dragon to hasten towards me. I nearly sneered with pride at my knowledge.
As the flames engulfed me, I stared in awe at it that surrounded me. It was as if staring into myself, and all I've done laid out before me.
My life, all of it presented in a matter of micro seconds.
To say, my own life had been comparatively short to this entity's lifespan. It was humbling, and just as I felt myself slipping away into the majesty of this being; I felt it take hold of me, and put me back right where I had been. No words were to ascribe meaning to this action; it's great restraint, and self control in not devouring my being entirely went beyond even what I knew then.
I worked hard to earn this, but in the end I really did have no say.
This is something never done before, an act of trust so heedless to safety, and it struck a great resonance within the great dragon itself in that moment. This was how the technique became more completed, but I knew then more could yet be.
Just as I knew there was more the dragon wanted to show me, about the both of us; I knew my real training would soon begin. Though I knew my idea of soon, and it's would differ with certainty. I absently wondered how long it would be, puzzling over this was when the battle returned to me. Bui seemed like nothing, compared to what I had seen of the foes the dragon in past had faced.