As Walker wrote in his journal with his head buried in the pages, Ryder's ears twitched and a yawn broke out from the once sleeping cat.448Please respect copyright.PENANAV5vFefS1C4
Not noticing the movement of the feline mere meters from him, Walker kept his head down and thought of what to write next.
Ryder stood to his paws moments after awakening and turned his sparkling blue gaze to the dragon beside him.448Please respect copyright.PENANAmqGWWDfEPQ
Walker would rub a feather against his face as he thought of what to write and would occasionally bring the end of the feather up to his mouth and would rub it against his fangs before continuing to write.448Please respect copyright.PENANAKg78SWPwF4
Ryder tilted his head at Walker's actions, looking slightly disgusted and concerned.448Please respect copyright.PENANAZQLluYdAVn
"The hell're ye doing?" mewed Ryder.448Please respect copyright.PENANARsbzBUhyr7
Surprise whipped over Walker's face and he quickly placed the black feather into his journal before closing it shut.448Please respect copyright.PENANAe0EVVcLtmK
"Oh Ryder, you're awake," exclaimed Walker happily.448Please respect copyright.PENANAIH1UUY7Kct
"Please answer the question dragon, what were ye doing?" repeated Ryder.448Please respect copyright.PENANAPkpeT0lCd3
"Ah, I was writing in my journal using black venom. Is there a problem with that?" asked Walker with his head tilted slightly.
Ryder flattened his ears against his as he looked up at Walker.448Please respect copyright.PENANAY5I75NFSze
"Venom?" whispered Ryder weakly, as if scared of the answer.448Please respect copyright.PENANAZOt4eSIfD5
"Yes... was I unclear the first time I said?" answered Walker, confused.448Please respect copyright.PENANAoAQYhe5lTD
In response, Ryder shook his head and tried to brush off the thought of deadly venom.448Please respect copyright.PENANA8RW5dwcTW5
Ryder believed that the being before him was too kind and foolish to even think of using venom as a method of combat.448Please respect copyright.PENANAfZMLqRdkFE
He was using it moments ago as ink for writing after all, maybe it wasn't that potent?448Please respect copyright.PENANAXfk6mKTJWs
Ryder continued to question Walker but never spoke his thoughts aloud so the conversation quickly changed topic.
"Do you wish to do something before heading to the town of humans? I understand if that is what you wish to do, I will simply wait," said Walker with his gaze rested down on Ryder.448Please respect copyright.PENANA1rAHy6GGDG
"I'm actually pretty hungry at the moment, but, them humans 'ere like to give away food if ye act right. A poor and beaten little kitty always draws the attention of them mindless killing machines," mewed Ryder.448Please respect copyright.PENANAx0PopzY443
"Heading to the town seems like a pretty good thing, so get moving scaly face, I don't got all day" continued Ryder.448Please respect copyright.PENANATPtJAfzx95
And with his final mew, Ryder started skipping toward the town in the distance, looking eager to be fed with human food.
Walker followed after Ryder, walking behind the small cat despite the speed difference in the two creatures.448Please respect copyright.PENANAvHI6Hvl8QZ
Walker had to slow his regular walking pace so not to step on the cat in front of him.448Please respect copyright.PENANACrfsJ1r5vh
But, after about ten minutes of walking, Ryder and Walker made it to the town entrance.
Looking up to the buildings around him, Walker slowly followed Ryder's lead into the town with his black leather journal resting inside his mouth.448Please respect copyright.PENANAHixE2if0e4
In amazement and awe of the structures before him, Walker's pace continued to slow down until he finally came to a stop.448Please respect copyright.PENANAFjrzieSz4r
However, the annoyed grunt of Ryder kept Walker moving forward deeper into the currently unpopulated streets of the town.448Please respect copyright.PENANAt1uO0GtFhq
It was still pretty early in the morning so very few humans had actually left their houses or as Walker called them "peculiar boxes".
"I know a good place 'round 'ere that always gives good grub whenever ye come round, follow me," ordered Ryder before quickening his pace.448Please respect copyright.PENANA0dHm8rKtyn
The orange pelted cat leaped onto an unpainted fence and quickly bolted toward the door of a house and started to scratch at it.448Please respect copyright.PENANA4e7MgT4W7W
Walker could not follow after Ryder for he would break the small fence if he tried to jump on it, so he simply watched and observed.
After a couple of pleading mews from Ryder, a woman opened the door and knelt down toward Ryder, offering her hand for a pet.448Please respect copyright.PENANA5RncNI747s
Ryder brushed his head against the woman's hand and a loud purr echoed from the small orange feline.448Please respect copyright.PENANAeOzC5v7ybT
The woman then left but soon returned with what looked like a small piece of meat.448Please respect copyright.PENANAC027he4eFK
Ryder's eyes grew large and he eagerly mewed for the scrap so the woman knelt down again and offered it to Ryder.448Please respect copyright.PENANAFdZVygoArh
Ryder swiftly grabbed the morsel and quickly bolted away but did not leave the woman's property until he had a full grasp of the morsel in his mouth and had given the woman a shining blue stare that said "thank you".448Please respect copyright.PENANAqhDWz49q1H
Once the woman smiled and closed the door behind her Ryder leaped back over the small fence to be greeted by Walker who was watching from afar.
"She seems nice," whispered Walker as he stared at the woman's house.448Please respect copyright.PENANAtJXrnr0YKO
Ryder did not respond verbally while he gnawed at the morsel in front of him, he simply nodded his head before digging back into his meal.448Please respect copyright.PENANACd9fsYwSAJ
"Only she is nice, the rest are assholes that'll kick ye if ye aren't careful," hissed Ryder as he finished his meal with a final gulp.448Please respect copyright.PENANAcLtP1RV6vS
"Is that so?" asked Walker, not really paying attention to the conversation.448Please respect copyright.PENANAvq9RGiscLe
"Mmm hmm," mumbled Ryder as he licked his mouth and black coloured paws clean.
"You don't speak very highly of the humans, do you Ryder?" whispered Walker.448Please respect copyright.PENANAeS9HWnh3Ie
"'Course not! They destroy the homes we so very cherish and make their own place on the rubble left behind! They're all douche bags that don't know how to treat anyone that isn't human as equals, they don't even treat other humans equally," roared Ryder, his fangs bared as he spoke, but they did not aim at Walker.448Please respect copyright.PENANAFmLCfrDaZi
"I see," whispered Walker once again.
Walker's joyful spirit had faded since the time he had awoken but it had not faded completely and Ryder noticed this.448Please respect copyright.PENANAeuZHDIBYfW
A curious purr echoed from the blue eyed cat as he wrapped around Walker's legs.448Please respect copyright.PENANA0bI0iuzU2r
"Did I make the explorer sad? What, are you a five-hundred year old baby or something? Don't be sulking 'cause ye expectations weren't met," purred Ryder in a teasing manner.
Walker shook his head ever so slightly at Ryder's comment.448Please respect copyright.PENANAPiRUiuHOLO
"Never before have I seen such a rude little kitty," complained Walker.448Please respect copyright.PENANA4VfUcDbEOM
"Hey, ye haven't even seen any other cats before," mewed Ryder as he sat in front of Walker, looking up to his eyes as he spoke.448Please respect copyright.PENANAiAzfd1opVv
Walker smiled ever so slightly in response and Ryder smiled back, well smirked.
As the two sat, a human drew closer and noticed the orange pelt of Ryder as he walked past but did not even notice the large dragon, but that was to be expected.448Please respect copyright.PENANANhomVJW0uY
The man stopped and spoke to Ryder, but judging by Ryder's expression he didn't understand.448Please respect copyright.PENANAY0jkXJjJvW
"Why must these feral cats keep coming into this town?" complained the man looking down at Ryder.448Please respect copyright.PENANAPxs4OimuKy
"I don't understand stupid people," responded Ryder.
It appeared to Walker that neither cat nor human understood each other while Walker could understand both their languages perfectly fine.448Please respect copyright.PENANAF91Fxc6ekN
"They asked why feral cats keep coming into this town," translated Walker for Ryder.448Please respect copyright.PENANA95iGDxt1w9
But it would appear that only Ryder could hear Walker when he spoke.448Please respect copyright.PENANAacEPaCNeMy
This was because dragons spoke on high frequencies that humans could not pick up on.448Please respect copyright.PENANAdTvuQTvXUk
Only a dragon who has trained themselves to speak in a frequency that humans can hear can be heard by humans.
"That bastard," growled Ryder as he continuously spouted foul words to the human in front of him.448Please respect copyright.PENANAW5QJlCUtS6
After some time, the man got fed up with Ryder continuously barking at him so bent down to pick him up by the scruff of his neck.448Please respect copyright.PENANAeBuyoQq4vv
"No one'll miss a wild thing, I'll put you somewhere where you can't bother this town anymore, sound good little thing?" smirked the man.448Please respect copyright.PENANAMEasc4v40a
And as the man went to grab Ryder, Walker stretched out his hand and batted the man's arm away with what Walker thought was very little force but turned out to be stronger than he first expected.448Please respect copyright.PENANAkYlO0un283
The man's arm was hit backwards and shock overwhelmed them as they stared down at the cat who was flicking their tail back and forth.448Please respect copyright.PENANARgZdqmuiEL
After a minute, the man quickly sped off, occasionally looking back to Ryder as he walked away.
"That dude must think I'm a psychic kitty now," laughed Ryder.448Please respect copyright.PENANABjYOBTjYnD
"Even if they're touched by a dragon they cannot see us," Walker whispered.448Please respect copyright.PENANAhmF0W8UQPB
"Is that a bad thing?" asked Ryder with some laughter still in his voice.448Please respect copyright.PENANA6FXLM3KHYW
"... That's debatable," Walker whispered once again before turning his gaze to the direction that the man walked off to.448Please respect copyright.PENANAXqEgsWyLKm
The vibrant pigmentation that once shone in Walker's eyes had started to fade into a wavering thought.448Please respect copyright.PENANA73E0ROpPvJ
"Those that cannot be seen by the human eye may be safer than those who are," sung Walker ever so slightly.448Please respect copyright.PENANA2SGHIEsnlk
"Ye think?" laughed Ryder as he walked deeper into the town as if nothing ever really happened.