[ honour doesn't necessarily have the same punch here, not when he's without it. his unseelie honour is in jeopardy, that much he knows. but where the sarcastic tone is a little lost on him, as he doesn't know mako from ursa, the knuckles rapping sharply on the back of mako's head tunes him in that he shouldn't really swear to anything on his honour in this moment. ]
[ even though he's prepared to, mouth open to do so, but it shuts just as promptly as the locket seems to switch from audio to a nice visual. ]
[ he's quiet for a long moment, as though his locket has switched off when he had merely pressed his fingers against the charred surface. but he needs a moment to take in what he sees, for he's only been able to touch a dragon twice in his life — one in reality and another in a dream. but his voice sounds a little far away, definitely filled with disbelief, ] ... You have a dragon. [ even though he's seen two large ones, ran and shaw, it still winds him to see what many within the world will never be privy to. the dragon on his shoulder is smaller than the masters, neither blue nor red nor menacing upon approach, but it's still a dragon. ]
[ mako's specific requests make a little more sense now. ]
[ zuko doesn't shift to video, only because his locket would malfunction if he did. ]
[ at the word "dragon" said dragon perks up and looks in the locket's direction, cheeping a greeting brightly as mako stops rubbing his head, casting his own fond look in her direction before focusing back on the locket and zuko's portrait. ]
This is Rìzhào, she hatched about a month ago. She's the last dragon alive from this world.
[ the masters had been enormous. to see a dragon at infancy is strange to zuko. he could possibly pick her up; maybe her flame would be as small as she is. ]
Is she anything like the dragons from ours?
[ it'll click a few moments later that that's a stupid question. dragons are extinct, as far as anyone outside of the sun warriors' confidence is concerned. isn't that why mako had come to him? but perhaps he'd read some books on dragons while here. there were apparently books about dwarves! ]
[ it's a dumb question from lord idiot, but at least he'll get an idea as to how much mako doesn't know. good question? maybe. that's a dragon he's staring at. ]
Apart from how she looks? I dunno. Her wings — [ he turns to look at doll for a second, quietly instructing her to turn a bit, and helps her stretch out a wing for zuko to see; it's covered in baby down, like a baby turtleduck. ] — she'll have feathers on them eventually, and she'll breathe fire but apart from that...
[ a shrug ]
Seriously though, you've got to keep her a secret.
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[ even though he's prepared to, mouth open to do so, but it shuts just as promptly as the locket seems to switch from audio to a nice visual. ]
[ he's quiet for a long moment, as though his locket has switched off when he had merely pressed his fingers against the charred surface. but he needs a moment to take in what he sees, for he's only been able to touch a dragon twice in his life — one in reality and another in a dream. but his voice sounds a little far away, definitely filled with disbelief, ] ... You have a dragon. [ even though he's seen two large ones, ran and shaw, it still winds him to see what many within the world will never be privy to. the dragon on his shoulder is smaller than the masters, neither blue nor red nor menacing upon approach, but it's still a dragon. ]
[ mako's specific requests make a little more sense now. ]
[ zuko doesn't shift to video, only because his locket would malfunction if he did. ]
permavideo;
This is Rìzhào, she hatched about a month ago. She's the last dragon alive from this world.
[ she's a secret. ]
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Is she anything like the dragons from ours?
[ it'll click a few moments later that that's a stupid question. dragons are extinct, as far as anyone outside of the sun warriors' confidence is concerned. isn't that why mako had come to him? but perhaps he'd read some books on dragons while here. there were apparently books about dwarves! ]
[ it's a dumb question from lord idiot, but at least he'll get an idea as to how much mako doesn't know. good question? maybe. that's a dragon he's staring at. ]
no subject
[ a shrug ]
Seriously though, you've got to keep her a secret.