>>5709976>>5709994>>5710021>>5710033>>5710105>>5710178>>5710208The stars… He remembers the stars. The Green Dragonborn rumbles with happiness, at the thought of those days: of the cool air on his scales, the stars above, the scent of woodlands and of human civilization in the distance. The female who rescued him had been there, and the grumpy one she bred with, and that funny owlbear and dog-thing with the tentacles, and the little feathery one… And if the creator of he and the other chimeras had ALSO been there, well, it is a testament how fond he is of those memories that he is able to largely forget about that foul fact.
Yes, he would like to see the skies again.
“Cuhm wu-w-WITH… Mee”
He sounds out his speech, ever more cognizant of the proper pronunciations. As he and his excitable kindred ascend through smog-filled tunnels towards the scent of fresh, clean air, his own mind seems to grow clearer, too. He understands that this is what he has wanted for years and, in following the goal of his Dragon Soul, it awakens more fully. His mind and spirit follow the beacon on his circlet’s central gem in the same way that the first, faint glimpse of light from above spurs him to rise with yet greater speed. Something like a true awakening of the self is the result: the real HIM rises from wherever it has been held down, and bursts forth… Just as he, too, bursts forth upon the land, smashing open the once-subtle entrance into the underdark realm of the Reptilian Master Race.
There are no stars, alas. To his surprise, it is daytime, not night. Belowground, how is one to ever know? But as he explodes forth from the hillside, his disappointment cannot last, for beneath the full light of the sun he can see a panoply of colours. On the faint breeze he can smell life—trees, grasses, birds, beasts, men, and all manner of other things. And up above, if there are no stars, there is still the beauteous expanse of the open sky—blue and white, tinged golden where the clouds are caressed by a sun he has seen but rarely.
Yes, THIS is right. THIS is good. THIS is what he wanted!
