To add insult to . . . more insult, while Nima was engaged in brushing one of the males, one of the smaller females had started grooming Azula's hair.
"What a nice girl you are," Nima crooned in Azula's voice. "Who's my sweet girl? Taking care of Sister's hair - sorry, Princess Azula's hair like a good glowsloth. Soooo nice."
The glowsloths had been nervous about this strange-smelling human at first. Not because Nima hadn't socialized them enough, because she knew darn well she had.
They were adjusting to Azula's presence, though, the more Nima acted like herself through it. They were just about calm enough for her to do some animal maintenance more complicated than feeding and grooming.
"Now let's see if any of you are going into heat yet."
Hey, Azula. Get ready to look at some animal junk.
Azula had been pouting in the back of her own mind allowing this to continue, but that was the last straw. No! and then more assertively she forced herself back into control of her body and pulled away from the creatures. "Do that on your own time."
The glowsloths scattered at the sudden movement, the smaller female going so far as to cling to the edge of the rocky outcrop that served as the glowsloths' habitat, peeping over the edge to watch Azula warily.
This is important, Nima said, trying to keep her patience in check. They're going into heat any day now and if I don't separate them, the females' first eggs will be fertilized and we'll have to wait through another gestation period to have milk and eggs.
It was just a part of the care and breeding of animals. Gosh. Didn't princesses know that?
Besides, I want to introduce the concept of motherhood to them slowly. One of them needs to have the first young so I can be sure they all learn how to take care of their own before I breed more than one at once.
"What I fail to see is how any of this is my problem." Azula countered turning her back on the creatures and making her way to the edge of the area. "I have been more then reasonably allowing you as much as I have in my body."
Now the voices were starting up again, softly but a constant hum of chatter in the backround.
Charizard burst from the treeline with a roar. At the speed he was going, it would be difficult to tell he was holding a rubber ball. One might even think he was attacking, rather than playing a game with the human and other Pokemon that hadn't quite caught up with him yet.
Nima's first instinct was to get airborne and out of reach.
Of course, that didn't work, but by the time she'd tried, she'd had time to observe that the animal's body language, while excited, was not aggressive.
Don't hurt it! she thought, desperately trying to prevent Azula from acting on her own instincts.
Azula had been startled by the creature, a sensation she loathed. "I don't like being surprised." She hissed before launching a burst of flame at the beast in anger. It was only then that she noticed the flame on it's tail, was it already on fire? It was a dragon but not like any dragon she had ever seen before.
The attack connected, but it wasn't very effective. Charizard's fire-resistant hide, in addition to the ridiculous amount of training he'd undergone prevented the flames from doing anything more than just getting his attention.
He descended in front of Azula, dropped the ball, brought himself up to his full height, and glared down at the girl, silently demanding an explanation.
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"What a nice girl you are," Nima crooned in Azula's voice. "Who's my sweet girl? Taking care of Sister's hair - sorry, Princess Azula's hair like a good glowsloth. Soooo nice."
The glowsloths had been nervous about this strange-smelling human at first. Not because Nima hadn't socialized them enough, because she knew darn well she had.
They were adjusting to Azula's presence, though, the more Nima acted like herself through it. They were just about calm enough for her to do some animal maintenance more complicated than feeding and grooming.
"Now let's see if any of you are going into heat yet."
Hey, Azula. Get ready to look at some animal junk.
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This is important, Nima said, trying to keep her patience in check. They're going into heat any day now and if I don't separate them, the females' first eggs will be fertilized and we'll have to wait through another gestation period to have milk and eggs.
It was just a part of the care and breeding of animals. Gosh. Didn't princesses know that?
Besides, I want to introduce the concept of motherhood to them slowly. One of them needs to have the first young so I can be sure they all learn how to take care of their own before I breed more than one at once.
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Now the voices were starting up again, softly but a constant hum of chatter in the backround.
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Of course, that didn't work, but by the time she'd tried, she'd had time to observe that the animal's body language, while excited, was not aggressive.
Don't hurt it! she thought, desperately trying to prevent Azula from acting on her own instincts.
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Could she really take on a dragon? In her state?
She didn't really care.
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He descended in front of Azula, dropped the ball, brought himself up to his full height, and glared down at the girl, silently demanding an explanation.
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