Tuck suddenly felt pretty nervous about this whole diving thing. He didn’t realize that they would have to go even higher in order to do it, and glancing down at the world from this new height was downright terrifying. Cold fear gripped Tuck by the intestines and left him breathless. When Baratheon told him to make sure he was holding on tightly, he couldn’t do more than bury his claws further into his fur and let out a tiny, almost inaudible whimper. This had been a terrible idea…

The dragon tipped downward, Tuck pressed his face into Baratheon’s head, and then they were falling. “Aaaaaahhhhh!” Tuck was screaming the whole way down, which wasn’t actually all that long of a time, but while it was happening, it felt like an eternity. The tiny marmoset could feel his heart pounding rapidly in his chest, and the sound of the wind in his ears was overwhelming. He just kept screaming —

— “Oof!” Tuck slammed — rather softly — into the top of Baratheon’s head when the dragon pulled upwards again. He was only vaguely aware of the dragon’s words. “Down,” he said weakly, unable to say it any louder. “I wanna… get off!” Yep. He was done. He was definitely done. And he was pretty sure he was gonna throw up.

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Perhaps diving with a first-timer probably wasn't the best idea... What was exhilarating for him might be absolutely terrifying for someone else as it proved with his tiny young friend. The monkey sounded sick as he made his pleas known that he wanted to get down and not wanting to make anything worse --or have the monkey get sick on his head-- he complied. Baratheon easily angled down towards the earth in a glide and landed with a puff of dust.

He lowered his head hastily, allowing the tiny gembound to climb off of his nose. "Are you gonna be okay?" It was all he could think to say while the guilt was in his chest.

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muse: 5/10

"Talking looks like this!"
Thinking looks like this...

Tuck tumbled rather clumsily off of Baratheon's head, landing with a soft thump in the grass. He didn’t respond to the dragon’s question because he was too busy trying not to heave up all the pumpkin he’d eaten earlier. After a minute or two, though, his stomach finally calmed down and then a big ol’ grin spread across his face as he stared up at his new flying friend. “That was AWESOME!” He’d never imagined flying could be that cool! I mean, sure, he’d almost thrown up, but he wasn’t even thinking about that anymore. “Now I really wish I could fly!” He relaxed in the grass happily, his heart pounding just from remembering his time in the air.

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The tiny marmoset rolled off of his head and right onto the ground. Carefully the dragon turned his head to inspect Tuck with one large eye. Oh no... what had he done? "Tuck...?" Slowly the monkey's face broke out into a grin and Baratheon's hopes soared. He was okay! The white dragon chuckled, pleased that his friend hadn't decided to give up on flying just yet. "How about you come with me to finish my rounds? I'll stay on the ground this time and not get you sick." Unless Tuck really wanted him to fly again at which point he would oblige, otherwise he could always finish his flight later.

With that he prepared to leave with hopefully his new friend in tow or on his snout where they could continue on with their day.

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"Talking looks like this!"
Thinking looks like this...

Tuck sat up and his orange eyes grew large as Baratheon suggested he ride on him again, this time on the ground. Almost before the dragon had stopped speaking, the marmoset was already leaping up onto his new friend’s snout and climbing to the top of his head, between his ears. “Yeah, let’s go, let’s go!” He paused. “But yeah, maybe we should… stay on the ground for now. I think my stomach needs a break.” Tuck bounced a bit in excitement. Even the thought of riding on a walking dragon made him happy. Just the idea that he now had a giant bodyguard friend was enough to make his day! He settled down and decided to enjoy the ride.

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