Stomps are heard in the forest, birds fly away from the trees. The stomps get closer and closer and then it's quiet.

You smile knowingly as you rest your back against a tree, pretending to read as way smaller footsteps approach.

You look up slowly, seeing the kind and fierce eyes looking at you back. The corner of his mouth lifts as he sees you.

"What are you reading this time?" Haku, your dragon, asks as he sits beside you.

You show him the book.