The Sapphire Dragon

Part 5

He starts fidgeting and says "Sorry if it hurts. So... I'm a bit curious about you. I've always wondered what being a dragon would be like and what their personality would be like. W-would you be willing to talk with me for a bit? I promise I will give you your treasure."

I say, after thinking for a second, "Ok, since you are helping me."

He smiles and grabs a rag and dunks it into a bowl of water saying "You have to stay still for me. This is going to hurt."

He then brushes it against my skin trying to get some of the blood off without hurting me. I let out a low hiss and he pulls back a bit.

He says "Where does it hurt the least? I can start there."

I say "My head, I think." 

He nods and moves so that he can see my face better. He gently brushes my hair out of the way and then uses the cloth to get the blood off. Now that he's so close I realize how handsome he is. He has deep blue eyes and shorter brown hair. I see his eyes dart to my eyes for a second before he realizes I am looking at him and his eyes dart back to what he's doing.

After he has gotten the blood off he puts the rag into the water and picks up a tin. Opening it he says "This might hurt, but you're going to need to stay still for me. This'll help keep it from getting infected and help it heal."

I nod and a second later feel a cool touch on my forehead where he is applying the stuff to the cut. After he's done with that he grabs a roll of white bandages and gently wraps some around my head. He takes the knife again and cuts the piece off and tucks it into itself. Throughout doing this he is being really gentle. I decide that I can trust him enough to stay for a bit.

He then takes another jar and opens it. He puts some on his fingers and lifts it so that his hand is hovering over my bruised eye. I look him in the eyes and see asking in them. I nod and let out a hum and he begins applying the stuff onto the eye and then puts a patch over it using some string to keep it in place.

He then looks down at my chest again and hesitantly says "I need to start working on your chest. It's not good for you to be covered in blood and we need to get these salves on. I know it hurts but it needs to be done ok."

I say "Ok, can you talk to me through it so that I can try to keep my mind occupied." 

He nods and grabbing the wash cloth he says "So what's your name?"

I grit my teeth as he starts washing the blood off my stomach.

I say "Um...I don't have a name, my family just called me blue, or kitty, or dragon. C-could you give me a name?"

He pauses for a second in surprise but soon replies "Sure. Hmm... What name would a blue dragon have?"

I shrug and try not to flinch as he goes over a painful bruise.

He says "Mabey...Luke, Julian or Thomas."

I say "I-i always liked the name Julian. I thought it sounded nice and so unlike anything my family wanted."

He smiles and says "Ok, Julian. Tell me what your favorite color is?"

I say thinking "hmm, I think it would either be blue or red. I love both colors a lot and they are so cool. What is your favorite color?"

He says "Mine's blue, but red is really nice too. Do you have any powers as a dragon?"

I reply "Only the abilities to turn things into treasure and shaping/moving rock, which is helpful in building my horde and shaping my cave to my liking but doesn't do much otherwise. Although all dragons can breathe fire and use their dragon strength while in human form. Also we can heal other people but not ourselves."

 He says "You can breathe fire?! That is so cool! With those guys back there, you didn't use all your dragon strength did you?"

I shake my head and say "No, if I did then it would be obvious that a dragon had been there and then I could be in even more danger. Also I didn't want to hurt them too badly. I don't like having to hurt people, I only threaten and actually do fight when I am forced to."

He says "That's good, you have empathy. I'm going to take the manacles off now so that I can fix your wrists and ankles. You scraped them raw trying to get out of them."

He then takes a key out of his pocket and unlocks them. He then lifts up my hand so he can examine the damage I did to my wrist.

 He says "hmm... I'll have to clean these carefully and then wrap them up. Same thing with your ankles, I also need to take care of that cut on your leg." He then takes care of my wrists and ankles.