Quotes With Skya
Banter
"I haven't aged a day, but you are out of your prime. Do you still make smartass comments like before, Lenn?"
"But we both know you're not completely human. Don't you demons have bat wings?" ... "Pity. I could've had the chance to call you Batman. You sure brood like him."
"Well look at you, Batman. You're more happier than ever." (Post-successful flying lessons)
"You were obviously doing something, unless you were brooding again."
"Did you forget you have the worst luck in the world?"
"You can drop the stone-man attitude, Batman. You can smile for once."
Flying Lessons
"Oh come now, don't say you didn't enjoy that, and you've seem to improved. You held on and your voice got deeper so you don't scream like a little girl anymore."
"You really can't stand heights, can you? I bet you can't even stand on a table."
"What are you doing? If you are planning to hold on to my tail, I would not recommend that..."
"I am not a kiddy ride, Lenn.." She said with utmost sincerity.
How It Works
"It's your mark as a Rider. It won't affect you at all, you could say that's my fault. The more time you spend around me, the darker it gets and it will never fade. It's nothing like a curse, but I suppose evidence."
"Some dragons actually put some of their own lives into a tattoo. So if their Riders die, they die as well, but if they die, their Riders live on. That's how one dragon perished in Nightwing. His name was Fenrir and he was the biggest dragon that's ever been born, five times larger than I am, equivalent to twice the size of Kaida. He would have to lower his head to breathe normally, being the size of giant mountains. But one day, he found a Rider who he thought was worthy of him, so Fenrir intertwined his life with him. In the end, his Rider died rather quickly, as did Fenrir. His bones are still in the Nightwing Graveyard."
"You can communicate with me from anywhere you are, you don't necessarily have to walk up to me. If you haven't noticed, I'm speaking to you telepathically. We can both choose whether or not to answer, but only you can turn it off."
The Library/ Skya's Origin
With a few bounds, she surged into the air, tilting herself to change her direction toward her mountain. After a few minutes, she landed on her mountain. "Stay on." Skya told Lenn, She scaled into the mountain, the odor of putrefaction was almost unbearable. However, there was a point in the pitch dark cave where the smell subsided, and surprisingly, a large room ahead was gently lit. When she entered the room, there were books, upon books, upon books, upon books. Books were stacked up like towers against the wall with different categories. Skya laid down in the middle of the room, it was large enough for her to spread her wings and even glide around.
"Long as I can remember, I almost forgot about this place. It's my place for asylum, I'm a creature of stealth, Lenn. Stealing great books from unworthy humans isn't so hard. As you can tell, I've been doing that for awhile."
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"Greece...in the mountains of Afisio..."
"Skiia is the proper pronunciation of my name, meaning 'shadow' in Greek. Your English dialect pronounces it as 'Skya'. Either pronunciation is fine to be honest. Our race of drakon was diminishing at the time, so our horns and scales were more valuable than even mountains of gold."
"We, dragons, are not like you mammals. As soon as we hatch we are ready to face the world. Some dragons, however very rarely, leave their young after they hatch. It may take some time for them to breathe fire and talk, but it give it a few months and they will eventually spit embers and speak in one-word phrases."
Harsh Conversation
"Pull yourself together. You are not incapable of anything, especially at being a father. Mercer respects you for what you've done for him, I've talked with him. He's more afraid that you don't accept him, which of all creatures I know isn't true. Anubis is only one opponent, and there will be others even stronger that cross your path, but you have to take the risks of putting your family in line. And if anything, you are not alone to fight your battles. I will gladly obliterate anyone with bad intentions that come in a mile away from you. You have to absorb these blows instead of letting it affect you."
"Us, dragons, are ruthless and merciless by nature. You can not reason with us what we think fits best. We follow our own rules of living and stick with which gives us the most pleasure. I am a dragon of wrath, each of us usually follows a sin or two. Although I leave humans be, I am definitely not one of the angels and will never be one of them, I stand on neutral grounds."
"I know you've lived your life on a tightrope, holding up your entire family with you. I don't want you to live that life anymore. You're my concern, and anything affecting you is my concern as well."
Heavy Topics
"What will happen when I outlive you? You're growing older before my eyes at an alarming rate, 20 years felt only 2 years ago."
"..Smile because it happened." Skya finished the quote. She sighed. "You have my word. Just promise to stay the same...until the end."
"You're not the same person you once were twenty years ago. I remember hating your guts the first time we met because you were an asshole. Now, you have a family and we're best friends."