Haaaah , how long was it again ? Six months already ? Damn , time sure flies .
Welp , there is no helping it . I have to go on .... Ever further ......... Alone .
NOPE ! No depression for you Tramas ! You wallowed in it enough , you idiot . It would be helpful if i found something new to occupy my mind . Where though ?
Hmmm , welp , no matter . I will just find something to fight again and maybe that weird grow thing would happen again ? I am hunting every day though , so why did it not happened again already ? Hmmm , last time i did push myself quite a bit , so maybe i have to overdo it ? Lets try !
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Haaah , that was a lot , even for me . How many did i hunt again ? Thirteen spiketails and ten scalehoofs ? Yeah , that scalehoof herd was actually quite big . I thought it would turn on me for a second there . Those bucks were seriously beeg . And there were what ? Twenty of them ? ... Yeah , that was probably not a smart move on my part . Still , they did run after all . I guess even they know the magnificence and power of dragons , hehe . Then again , i am still very smol for a dragon . Then again , i am only ten and a half years old ...
Now that i think about it , years on earth and here are pretty much the same , aren''t they ? Calendar in general is same , months , days ... Interesting , but ultimately useless knowledge . At least i wont get the two mixed up , so that is something . Now lets get to sleep , so hopefully in the morning i will get that message or whatever it was ... And the growth pains , shit .
Welp , no matter . Time to sleep anyway and i even have breakfast ready , hehe .
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/YAWN/ ... Hmmm , no pain , no message . Did i do something wrong ? Lets pick it apart , growth threshold . Growth is self explanatory . Threshold means some kind of goal or quantity ... Quantity , did i not kill enough ? But if i count all of my kills thru the months , it will give me quite the ridiculous number . I did become quite the hunter if i say so myself , there is no danger in my hunts anymore ... Is that it ? Danger ? I hope not ...
Welp , lets try today again , but take more sketchy chances this time .
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/YAWN/ ... Nothing AGAIN ?!? ... GRRRRRR !!! This is pissing me off ! ... Grrr , lets try harder today ! ...
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/YAWN/ ... GRAAAAAAAAAAAAAH !!!! FUCK IT I AM GOING BERSERK !!!! GRAAAAAAH !!!
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haaah , haaaah , haaah . That was a fucking bloodbath ... Fuck . What the fuck was i thinking ? Going apeshit on everything that moved ? Got some scrapes and bruises too ....
Yeah , you stupid lizard , you went crazy there for a while ... well , more crazy than your insane ass already is . Heh , i am really losing it , don''t i ? ...
Yeah , just go to sleep and do not eradicate any more ecosystems , you stupid lizard . Behaving like this doesn''t help anybody , least of all you . So just go to sleep .
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--NOTICE: Growth threshold achieved! Congratulations!--
GRAAAH !!! FUCK that hurts ! MOVE ! Yeah , move your stiff body you demented lizard ! WHY DID YOU WANT THIS PAIN ?!? ... Yeah ! You forgot about this didn''t you ? Fucking idiot !
...Haah , better now , but i am still stiff all over . Fucking hell , will it hurt so much every time ? Now that i think about it , this time it was less pain and i am moving easier faster ... Maybe it will be easier every time ? Maybe in couple thresholds , it''ll be bearable ? ... No matter , lets see what changed this time ? Hmmm , i think my neck is slightly longer again and my wings are definitely bigger ... By about twenty percent if i had to guess ? Not like i have anything to measure myself with . Hmmm , are these spikes along my back going all the way to the top of my head ? Yep ! OH ! I have horns now ! Hehe , as any self respecting dragon should have ! Even though they are quite small now , i am sure they will grow big just like my papas . Yeah ! They will be truly a sight to behold when i am fully grown ! Just like the rest of me ! Hmm , are my scales ... i dont know , shinier ? Are they stronger ? Just like my claws last time ? Oh , right ! Claws ! Lets see ... hmmm they are definitely longer , but so are my fingers on my paws ... what about legs ? Yep ! Much bigger claws , but my legs look stronger too . Interesting , i should put my body through its paces to understand everything that changed . Lets go for a run first after breakfast .
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Yeah ! I am definitely faster . By quite the margin too . Cant say i dislike it one bit ! Nope ! Hehe . Seems i have more stamina too , good , good . Lets see now , wings ... Yeah , this is gonna be a disaster again ... fuck ...
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FUCK ! FUCK ! FUCK ! FUCK ! /BANG/ .... Fucking OW ! ... Yeah , disaster again ... But hey ! I got to fly a little bit , so that was pretty cool . I guess i need to train how to fly more now that i am technically capable of flight ....
This is gonna hurt a lot isn''t it ? ...
shit ...
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So the days went on and our little dragon grew more capable and strong step by step . Little by little , he grew accustomed to his new body and in a mere month he was , where he was in terms of control before his threshold . He was even capable of flight for an hour every day and so his speed north increased considerably , but alas , he was still very long way away from any kind of civilization and so he did not know , how long his journey will take .
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/Thud/
Haah , haaah . Yeah ! Flying is still quite the exercise . But hey ! At least i CAN fly ! So i will get wherever i am going faster , no ? Yeah ! Cant wait for what i will find there ! ... Yeah , i am excited ! ...
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Like this , our not so little dragon continued . But his excitement did not last . After two more months , he was getting depressed again and that was just the beginning . His parents flew for two months straight , taking only small breaks for a quick hunt when they were hungry and slept every fifth day , so the distance they travelled was quite the journey for little Tramas to manage .
But our little dragon was determined to get wherever his instincts were dragging him , so he continued .
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Fuck , how long was it again ? A year now ? ... Does it matter anymore ? ... Fuck , i can feel my mind going to very dark places .... Keep your shit together you fucking lizard ! You can do this !
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I hope ....
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Where am i even ?
Does it even matter ?
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Shut up ! It doesn''t matter ! Just keep on going forward ! ... just keep on going ... /sniff/
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Day after day , month after month . Soon , year after year went by . His journey took almost four and a half years . During his journey north , Tramas did encounter couple new beasts and two more undead , but they were no match for a somewhat adolescent dragon . He also achieved another growth threshold , but that was a year ago . His growth slowed down significantly . But that is still far faster than ordinary dragons .
But the hardest hurdle for Tramas , was keeping his sanity intact . It was no small task for the hatchling , after all , he was all alone for a very long time , so our dragon went a little feral . Well , ok , completely feral . After all , why talk , when there is no one to talk to ? Why keep yourself clean , when the only one that can smell you is yourself and prey that is too slow to run away ? Why expend the energy needed on these frivolous little useless things , when you can instead go a little further ? Why worry about inconsequential little things , when you need to concentrate on your goal ? What goal ? ... Well , he has to go . Go where ? That way ! For how long ? However long it takes ! Just move , eat and move . Sleep when tired and move . Ever onward .
And so our little dragon went on and on . Day after day , month after month , year after year .
And one day , he arrived at something he never saw . A forest .
What will our winged lizard find ? Will he be alone forever ? Will his mind finally crumble ?
... time will tell ...