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Benladann continued to eat pears.
Her size was big, she was a young giant woman after all, and her stomach was particularly big⦠and empty.
So she ate almost the entire pile without stopping.
"Nom, nom, nom⦠Oh⦠So sweetâ¦" she muttered.
"For how long you have not eaten?" I asked.
She suddenly felt stiff, as if paralyzed.
She slowly began to glance at the ground, I noticed that her golden eyes seemed to have lost some light all out of a suddenâ¦
Perhaps I should have not asked that? How would I have known?
"I don't know⦠perhaps years. The mold⦠kept me somehow alive. I don't know how it does it⦠I was just⦠drowning into the darkness for so longâ¦" she muttered, her hands gripping tightly, as her shoulder started to tremble, I noticed that her eyes became unstable as she started to stare everywhere, her eyes couldn't stay focused.
What was happening?
Is this the response against some kind of traumatic experience? I suppose if what she is telling is real⦠I would probably have gone insane by then.
She's really strong for having gone through all of that...
I needed to do somethingâ¦
I gently patted her shoulder with my tail.
"I see, well, it is good that you can eat again, make sure to fill your belly," I said, bringing her back from whatever she was thinking.
Benladann's focus came back to her eyes, as she was startled back to reality.
"Ah⦠Yesâ¦" she said.
"â¦Are you⦠okay?" I asked.
Benladann glanced at the pear in her hands for some time.
"I have⦠a lot to think about⦠my mind is dizzy and⦠Hahh⦠I don't want to bother you anymore⦠Thank you for helping me⦠But you don't have to take care of me⦠I don't⦠want to bother you with my problems," she sighed.
I guess she is worried about what I might think about her thoughts or something.
Perhaps she might think that I will find her weird?
But I am the weird one here, look at me, I am a giant ass ice dragon talking through telepathy!
Well, whateverâ¦
I suppose she's having a hard time opening to me, and I kind of get it, I wouldn't do the same in her situation.
And bothersome? I don't think she's bothersome at all. I am just⦠I don'tâ¦
Sighâ¦
"You're not bothersome. Don't worry. I am actually happy to⦠have found someone I can talk to. Being in here feels very lonely, even though I have a pet. Ah, did that sound weird? Sorry," I sighed.
Benladann opened her eyes wide as she heard me⦠Is there something wrong?
She slowly glanced back at me, her face was quite beautiful.
And she⦠smiled.
There was a smileâ¦
So beautifulâ¦
Something⦠I don't know what it was butâ¦
Agh, no, it must be her Charm!
Eh? So that's just her natural beauty? Am I so weak?!
"Eh? What?" I asked.
"No⦠it's just⦠It makes me happy that⦠you think that. If you want to, I can keep you company then⦠It's not like⦠I even know where I amâ¦" she said, approaching me once more.
Our size difference was still quite big, I was almost 5 meters after all, while she was around 3 and a few more centimeters.
I averted my gaze from her beautiful golden eyes, I felt instinctively embarrassed, but I suppose that in the stiff face of an ugly dragon like me, she can't really tell.
"I see⦠Well, that⦠makes me happy as well," I said.
Benladann began to caress my scales as she glanced at her reflection through them.
"Ah⦠I have grown so much⦠I used to be a little girl⦠I was really⦠so much with the moldâ¦" she sighed.
"Well, you're still quite little to me," I said.
Benladann glanced at me as she began to chuckle a bit.
"Haha⦠You're rightâ¦"
Her laugh was cuteâ¦
And her smile even more.
I want to see her smile moreâ¦
Ugh, what are these thoughts?!
No! Stop!
Cold, calm down.
I am an Ice Dragon, I have to be cold.
Cool down.
Okayâ¦
"Erm⦠You are not wondering how I can talk?" I asked.
Benladann glanced at me with a curious expression.
"The truth is, I didn't want to ask because⦠it might sound impolite. I don't know much about this world, so I didn't know if talking dragons were common or notâ¦" she said.
Ah⦠So that's it.
"To be honest, I don't know either because I re-"
Wait, no.
Stop right there.
I can't reveal my secrets!
Even if I know she is a reincarnation, she doesn't know I know.
I can't just blatantly tell her right awayâ¦
I might⦠tell her someday, but not right away.
Let's keep some things for me for nowâ¦
"Hm? You're⦠what?" she asked.
"I am⦠I was just born some⦠da- Years ago! I have been living through this place for a while, I just one day ate a bunch of monsters and evolved, and now I can kind of speak this languageâ¦" I said.
Is this believable enough?
"You can speak English? I though⦠Sorry, maybe I assumed wrong⦠Or not?" she asked while rubbing her chin.
"What⦠did you thought?" I asked.
"Well⦠That I am speaking English is because it's from my original world⦠Ah! I should have told you thatâ¦" she sighed.
"Original world?"
So she just said it⦠alright then.
"Well⦠you see⦠I⦠This language we are speaking is not exactly the one spoken here. I think people here speak some kind of modified English language similar to ancient Norse, that we both talk the same type of English⦠I thought you were from another world as well⦠wouldn't that make sense seeing all the powers you have?" she asked.
Oh shit, so she just figured out, alright then.
"Norse? And that big tree⦠so that's Yggdrasil then?" I wondered out loud.
"Ah! If you know that you're surely from Earth too then!" she said happily, smiling as her golden eyes shined brightly.
I guess my secret is no secret anymoreâ¦
"â¦Yes," I sighed.
"So⦠we are both reincarnatedâ¦" she said.
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