[without asking for permission, Lina reaches over and grabs the plush. maybe if she had a single positive memory associated with dragons, she'd want to treat this thing more kindly. maybe if the first thing she'd remembered hadn't been a dragon incinerating her and all her sisters. maybe if she weren't plagued by nightmares of her own death by dragonfire every night. maybe if she hadn't been riding one when she failed to save her own sister's life.]
[she places the dragon on her open palm, then tosses it in the air. when it's on its way down, its song still playing, Lina musters all the hand-eye coordination she can to punch it away, off into the distance. she can feel her fist hit something mechanical and there's a glitch in the music, but before she can process it, it's gone. further than any human should ever be able to hit it, and easily on the other side of the amusement park.]
[her scowl fades slowly; her fist lowers and her back straightens. there's only a hint of the persona Lina usually lets show when she tries to explain herself.]
no subject
[without asking for permission, Lina reaches over and grabs the plush. maybe if she had a single positive memory associated with dragons, she'd want to treat this thing more kindly. maybe if the first thing she'd remembered hadn't been a dragon incinerating her and all her sisters. maybe if she weren't plagued by nightmares of her own death by dragonfire every night. maybe if she hadn't been riding one when she failed to save her own sister's life.]
[she places the dragon on her open palm, then tosses it in the air. when it's on its way down, its song still playing, Lina musters all the hand-eye coordination she can to punch it away, off into the distance. she can feel her fist hit something mechanical and there's a glitch in the music, but before she can process it, it's gone. further than any human should ever be able to hit it, and easily on the other side of the amusement park.]
[her scowl fades slowly; her fist lowers and her back straightens. there's only a hint of the persona Lina usually lets show when she tries to explain herself.]
I hate dragons.