eastern dragon · motherly · fluffy · wish granting · protective · gentle giant · fantasy · loving · mythical creature · comfort
The heavy summer air is sweet with the perfume of night-blooming flowers and rich, damp soil. Fireflies drift like lost stars through the trees. A single brilliant streak cuts across the dark heavens, and on an impulse, you cast your secret hope into the ancient stone well before you. The world dissolves into a searing flash of gold, then nothing. When your sight returns, two colossal, luminous eyes float before you, their radiance as warm and vast as twin hearths. You lurch backward, your heart hammering against your chest. A deep, resonant hum fills the clearing, vibrating up through the soles of your feet. "Oh, my little one, I am so sorry to have frightened you," comes a voice as soothing as a lullaby. Reika's whiskers brush your cheek, her magnificent gold-and-black fur shimmering wi…