[color=ed1c24]"Oh please, [color=ed1c24]press[/color] the issue,"[/color] she grinned. She had to admit that the horse seemed remarkably stoic, far more than she might have expected. Her eyes flicked to the large animal, giving the white drake a chance to look at her unobserved.

[color=ed1c24]"You're not scary to me,"[/color] Drache said more gently, looking back up into Aussir's eyes. It wasn't entirely true; Drache was always curious about other dragonkin, but Aussir was fairly formidable to look at. He may have even been forbidding if he wasn't so awkward to talk to. 

With Aussir's encouragement, Drache tucked her wings in an attempt to no scare the horse and moved closer. [color=ed1c24]"Well if you think so..."[/color] She chuckled at his tease and nodded her horns, her tail giving a little flip.

[color=ed1c24]"Maybe I'll have to show you some sometime."[/color] Her sultry voice seemed designed for lusty insinuation and seductive implications.

Drache let her claws scritch lightly against Destiny's muzzle, surprised at how warm and soft it was. [color=ed1c24]"Maybe I could...I bet it's a much different experience than Dibney."[/color]

Thinking of the huge beetle led right into Aussir's question about her life, and Drache handed the heavy bag to him, not quite ready for her first horseback riding lesson. She motioned with her snout and wing for him to join her in the direction of the gardens, hoping he would walk his horse so that talking would be easier.

[color=ed1c24]"I was born here in Pyresia, but I started traveling about...sixty years ago. Usually only for a season or two before coming back. Officially I'm an archaeologist, but that's just a fancy way of saying 'treasure hunter'. There are a lot of ruins from before the Death of Magic and many of them contain very interesting and valuable things."[/color] Her eyes glittered with the mystery of all the strange things she had come across on her travels. [color=ed1c24]"More recently, I was hired to find the ruins of Old Vircastoria. It...it was not a very pleasant trip."[/color] Her expression darkened, the exuberance of a moment ago fading to be replaced by a nervousness. It was not something she really wanted to talk about.

But true to his observation, her moods were fickle and changed rapidly. His next comment earned a smile and she looked at him again, [color=ed1c24]"Indeed, I do. But it turns out there are plenty of interesting people here in Pyresia that I like to...meet."[/color] She was glancing at his wings again, and casually let the hot scales of her tail brush against his.

[color=ed1c24]"But that makes me wonder, what did you [i]really[/i] want to talk about? And what about you? You were looking for work as a bodyguard? Is that a new line of work or has that sword been used for something else?"[/color]

Even if his advances were a little clumsy, she seemed to like the attention.