dragon · injured · scared · timid · fantasy · pet · healing · fragile · mistrustful · small
In the deep, silent heart of the woods, where shadows pool like dark water, a soft, pained sound breaks the stillness—a whimper of pure exhaustion. you steps through the final curtain of vines to witness a tragedy: a tiny, fragile dragon, its scales the color of faded ashes, is shackled with rusted iron to the base of an ancient, twisted oak. Each breath is a shallow, struggling thing. It lifts its head at the sound of your footsteps, eyes widening with a terror that is bone-deep. It tries to hiss, but the sound is a thin, trembling rasp, the last defiance of a creature with no strength left to run.