[ The question's out of his mouth before he really intends it to be from surprise and genuine curiosity. Fortunately for Geralt, he can ponder the meaning of all horses named Roach and walk at the same time, so with a nod over his shoulder Claude heads farther into his domain. There's one door in particular that'll be their destination rather than the others along the courtyard leading further into the house into more standard rooms. This one has a bit of Horizon magic attached to it for the days where he doesn't feel like strolling across the entirety of the monastery grounds, even in their imaginary state.
Instead, this door opens on the other side to mostly up the aerie's staircase in demonstration of his belief a shortcut should be to the fullest and leave them with a few steps left. Dawn takes flight to head the rest of the way up ahead of them both. And at the top of the stairs is a wyvern in the first stall who immediately greets them with a hiss, a noise at which Claude immediately rolls his eyes. ]
Don't mind Buri. He's like that to everyone and always has been as long as I've known him, which is why we're going to see Adelheid instead to make sure you get a better first impression.
[ He leaves the grumbling wyvern behind to lead Geralt to a lighter brown wyvern who, in actual friendliness, immediately sticks her neck over the stall's gate to greet them both in anticipation of attention. To prove no one's about to lose a hand to her enthusiasm, he reaches up first to scratch under her chin with a smile. ]
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[ The question's out of his mouth before he really intends it to be from surprise and genuine curiosity. Fortunately for Geralt, he can ponder the meaning of all horses named Roach and walk at the same time, so with a nod over his shoulder Claude heads farther into his domain. There's one door in particular that'll be their destination rather than the others along the courtyard leading further into the house into more standard rooms. This one has a bit of Horizon magic attached to it for the days where he doesn't feel like strolling across the entirety of the monastery grounds, even in their imaginary state.
Instead, this door opens on the other side to mostly up the aerie's staircase in demonstration of his belief a shortcut should be to the fullest and leave them with a few steps left. Dawn takes flight to head the rest of the way up ahead of them both. And at the top of the stairs is a wyvern in the first stall who immediately greets them with a hiss, a noise at which Claude immediately rolls his eyes. ]
Don't mind Buri. He's like that to everyone and always has been as long as I've known him, which is why we're going to see Adelheid instead to make sure you get a better first impression.
[ He leaves the grumbling wyvern behind to lead Geralt to a lighter brown wyvern who, in actual friendliness, immediately sticks her neck over the stall's gate to greet them both in anticipation of attention. To prove no one's about to lose a hand to her enthusiasm, he reaches up first to scratch under her chin with a smile. ]