365 Days of Drabbles: Day Twenty-Nine
For ankewehner: "'That's my grandpa's teeth you got there'"
"It's what?" Teal asked, turning the heavy golden saber over in her hands.
My grandsire's fang, Philosopher replied. He favored his Companion highly enough that when he passed from this mortal veil, he willed that his teeth be fashioned into weapons for his Companion's descendants to use. They're among the few weapons a human can wield that will penetrate a dragon's scales.
Teal set it back down carefully on the stand. "And why would he deliberately make something that a human could use to threaten a dragon?"
Philosopher's mouth curved into a deadly grin. Who better to avenge his death?
"It's what?" Teal asked, turning the heavy golden saber over in her hands.
My grandsire's fang, Philosopher replied. He favored his Companion highly enough that when he passed from this mortal veil, he willed that his teeth be fashioned into weapons for his Companion's descendants to use. They're among the few weapons a human can wield that will penetrate a dragon's scales.
Teal set it back down carefully on the stand. "And why would he deliberately make something that a human could use to threaten a dragon?"
Philosopher's mouth curved into a deadly grin. Who better to avenge his death?