[it shouldn't hurt to say that aloud as much as it does right now. granted, he's thought about - boy, has he EVER - but words sound different in your head. when you give anything a voice, it has power. words can become weapons.]
Somehow, his...abilities caught on, and whereas people didn't care before, they definitely took notice now. And at first, it was great! He was needed and...and popular, and best of all, his family seemed to finally take his dreams seriously. Everything was great.
But...in order to keep things like that, he had to break his promise. Looking back on it, there was probably another way. I'm sure there was. At the time, he didn't think so and he - [his breath hitches again and he tries to cover it up by coughing.] - he wanted things to stay the way they were, so badly. And it was like no one cared about that but him.
So he broke it by claiming their treasure as his own. And he became a dragon.
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[it shouldn't hurt to say that aloud as much as it does right now. granted, he's thought about - boy, has he EVER - but words sound different in your head. when you give anything a voice, it has power. words can become weapons.]
Somehow, his...abilities caught on, and whereas people didn't care before, they definitely took notice now. And at first, it was great! He was needed and...and popular, and best of all, his family seemed to finally take his dreams seriously. Everything was great.
But...in order to keep things like that, he had to break his promise. Looking back on it, there was probably another way. I'm sure there was. At the time, he didn't think so and he - [his breath hitches again and he tries to cover it up by coughing.] - he wanted things to stay the way they were, so badly. And it was like no one cared about that but him.
So he broke it by claiming their treasure as his own. And he became a dragon.