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.447Please respect copyright.PENANACfS6JacnSv
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.447Please respect copyright.PENANAHbq7JDjQND
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.447Please respect copyright.PENANABU6VEWhwGv
Ryder tilted his head at Walker's actions, looking slightly disgusted and concerned.447Please respect copyright.PENANAazFIpgwr4o
"The hell're ye doing?" mewed Ryder.447Please respect copyright.PENANA58gg0Llpi5
Surprise whipped over Walker's face and he quickly placed the black feather into his journal before closing it shut.447Please respect copyright.PENANAOeHy6uT6Jm
"Oh Ryder, you're awake," exclaimed Walker happily.447Please respect copyright.PENANAjomH8XFL9h
"Please answer the question dragon, what were ye doing?" repeated Ryder.447Please respect copyright.PENANAFOzZjFWJOo
"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.447Please respect copyright.PENANActY61VVTMJ
"Venom?" whispered Ryder weakly, as if scared of the answer.447Please respect copyright.PENANAiHHZWLNg8v
"Yes... was I unclear the first time I said?" answered Walker, confused.447Please respect copyright.PENANAb5BDeAxjK2
In response, Ryder shook his head and tried to brush off the thought of deadly venom.447Please respect copyright.PENANAoFtKxnrHb5
Ryder believed that the being before him was too kind and foolish to even think of using venom as a method of combat.447Please respect copyright.PENANAEHx55ttfdN
He was using it moments ago as ink for writing after all, maybe it wasn't that potent?447Please respect copyright.PENANAZqK5i05cLR
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.447Please respect copyright.PENANA2JbrQN18oM
"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.447Please respect copyright.PENANAoBe7naZFSw
"Heading to the town seems like a pretty good thing, so get moving scaly face, I don't got all day" continued Ryder.447Please respect copyright.PENANAlrdA42OrPu
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.447Please respect copyright.PENANAEogDXhKaRr
Walker had to slow his regular walking pace so not to step on the cat in front of him.447Please respect copyright.PENANACb6xDJ0wuE
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.447Please respect copyright.PENANA1TB8ag7Xar
In amazement and awe of the structures before him, Walker's pace continued to slow down until he finally came to a stop.447Please respect copyright.PENANAmkyeqjLZiV
However, the annoyed grunt of Ryder kept Walker moving forward deeper into the currently unpopulated streets of the town.447Please respect copyright.PENANAizUrLc2Ofi
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.447Please respect copyright.PENANAXb6Lal9P42
The orange pelted cat leaped onto an unpainted fence and quickly bolted toward the door of a house and started to scratch at it.447Please respect copyright.PENANASjdXK2UJcy
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.447Please respect copyright.PENANAYSHr0KWNyS
Ryder brushed his head against the woman's hand and a loud purr echoed from the small orange feline.447Please respect copyright.PENANAaKn1PMG6aE
The woman then left but soon returned with what looked like a small piece of meat.447Please respect copyright.PENANAff8KJOG0pl
Ryder's eyes grew large and he eagerly mewed for the scrap so the woman knelt down again and offered it to Ryder.447Please respect copyright.PENANA39UzJia2D7
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".447Please respect copyright.PENANAevWYLqGdJw
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.447Please respect copyright.PENANAIVi92hdzhh
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.447Please respect copyright.PENANAbeHNtOOoFf
"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.447Please respect copyright.PENANA4cdVuxUMOd
"Is that so?" asked Walker, not really paying attention to the conversation.447Please respect copyright.PENANAGJpUQb4OHc
"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.447Please respect copyright.PENANAMzTVJhD5Gl
"'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.447Please respect copyright.PENANAfEsiIdG4Bo
"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.447Please respect copyright.PENANAQ0SolKQYBQ
A curious purr echoed from the blue eyed cat as he wrapped around Walker's legs.447Please respect copyright.PENANAiHJRMrACcA
"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.447Please respect copyright.PENANAN4aZdRXTvM
"Never before have I seen such a rude little kitty," complained Walker.447Please respect copyright.PENANAtsg9FrAiyq
"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.447Please respect copyright.PENANAz5zbdhWdGT
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.447Please respect copyright.PENANA8P34CG1lVz
The man stopped and spoke to Ryder, but judging by Ryder's expression he didn't understand.447Please respect copyright.PENANAmpIZz8SDFB
"Why must these feral cats keep coming into this town?" complained the man looking down at Ryder.447Please respect copyright.PENANAmOa8jdMY77
"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.447Please respect copyright.PENANAZiODyTsxCp
"They asked why feral cats keep coming into this town," translated Walker for Ryder.447Please respect copyright.PENANA9w3CF7NhtR
But it would appear that only Ryder could hear Walker when he spoke.447Please respect copyright.PENANA0lVCX0wru4
This was because dragons spoke on high frequencies that humans could not pick up on.447Please respect copyright.PENANA2hhH37Fdhc
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.447Please respect copyright.PENANAUWPZGlJ9Pi
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.447Please respect copyright.PENANAbLnBBseMc3
"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.447Please respect copyright.PENANAWo76P52962
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.447Please respect copyright.PENANARGgtqW5me5
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.447Please respect copyright.PENANAJWgc0fy00C
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.447Please respect copyright.PENANAZbVB923uN5
"Even if they're touched by a dragon they cannot see us," Walker whispered.447Please respect copyright.PENANAv7nySQDqC2
"Is that a bad thing?" asked Ryder with some laughter still in his voice.447Please respect copyright.PENANAwtse0yzKB8
"... That's debatable," Walker whispered once again before turning his gaze to the direction that the man walked off to.447Please respect copyright.PENANAk4G7L8RpaE
The vibrant pigmentation that once shone in Walker's eyes had started to fade into a wavering thought.447Please respect copyright.PENANAokU5Q0eSwF
"Those that cannot be seen by the human eye may be safer than those who are," sung Walker ever so slightly.447Please respect copyright.PENANAJyJ6BF3WAW
"Ye think?" laughed Ryder as he walked deeper into the town as if nothing ever really happened.