[As the hand edges close, the Deino does indeed seem to sense something moving closer and lunges for it, thankfully favoring headbutting things over biting them at this point. But when it connects with Hiccup's hand, it abruptly goes very still and seems to briefly shiver all over, absorbing this new sensation and remaining perfectly frozen so as not to accidentally break the contact.
This is a different warmthing! It's firm and smooth instead of fuzzy.
Is this the noisemaking warmthing?
Maybe by pushing its head against the warmthing, it can find out.]
The Gear says it's a girl.
[And what a pair she and Hiccup make, side-by-side. Same haircuts and everything. Carmen can't help but smile.]
Go on, Zack. You can go say hello.
[Eagerly, the Porygon2 hops over, swinging around to Hiccup's other side and snuggling in close to his leg for a better view.]
[It's been a while, but Hiccup's still used to hard-headed dragons butting into him, so he manages to not wince. For having just hatched, though, the Deino packs quite the punch.]
Girl, hmn? She's beautiful and strong.
[He starts with a reassuring rub of his thumb against her snout, then moves his fingers down her jaw, then neck. There weren't scales, like he was used to, but Hiccup gives an experimental scratch. When Zack joins him, he, too, gets a pat on the tinybirdish head.]
[Oh. Oh. The warmthing is doing something that feels quite pleasant! It is a thing she likes a whole lot. ...Did headbutting the warmthing make it do the nicething?
She wriggles insistently, pushing against his hand wherever it comes into contact, testing this new theory to see if it prolongs the scritching.
Zack, meanwhile, lets out a quiet but rapid string of beeps and boops that, a minute later, elicits a chuckle out of Carmen.]
Zack would like me to tell you that you're good with dragons. Something we all already knew, obviously, but it bears repeating.
[Whether because of the wriggling or not, the scritching does indeed continue! Carmen's words finally get him to drag his gaze away from the Deino, first to her and then to the Porygon2 beside him.]
Thanks, Zack! [He hadn't been used to receiving compliments back home, so even this one from the pokemon pleased him.
Hiccup mulls over the name for a few seconds. Having by now met a good number of Carmen's team, he's fairly confident that he understands her naming scheme.]
Someone you know? Or do you have a last name in mind to make a pun?
[OH GOOD yes the warmthing can just continue doing that forever, thank you, because that is a nicething and all things considered, she is pretty happy about being born now because there were not nicethings like this in her egg.
Carmen, meanwhile, opts to come over at this point, still keeping a short distance between them, but aiming to give her dragon the chance to start getting used to her presence as well.]
There's a famous group of musicians in my world who all wore their hair in a style like hers. One of their universally-acclaimed albums — that is, a recorded collection of their music — was called Abbey Road.
[Though she was always a bit more of an Elvis girl, herself.]
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action BECAUSE YES;
This is a different warmthing! It's firm and smooth instead of fuzzy.
Is this the noisemaking warmthing?
Maybe by pushing its head against the warmthing, it can find out.]
The Gear says it's a girl.
[And what a pair she and Hiccup make, side-by-side. Same haircuts and everything. Carmen can't help but smile.]
Go on, Zack. You can go say hello.
[Eagerly, the Porygon2 hops over, swinging around to Hiccup's other side and snuggling in close to his leg for a better view.]
action BECAUSE YES;
Girl, hmn? She's beautiful and strong.
[He starts with a reassuring rub of his thumb against her snout, then moves his fingers down her jaw, then neck. There weren't scales, like he was used to, but Hiccup gives an experimental scratch. When Zack joins him, he, too, gets a pat on the tinybirdish head.]
action BECAUSE YES;
She wriggles insistently, pushing against his hand wherever it comes into contact, testing this new theory to see if it prolongs the scritching.
Zack, meanwhile, lets out a quiet but rapid string of beeps and boops that, a minute later, elicits a chuckle out of Carmen.]
Zack would like me to tell you that you're good with dragons. Something we all already knew, obviously, but it bears repeating.
[She looks the little scene over, considering.]
I think I'll call her Abbie.
action BECAUSE YES;
Thanks, Zack! [He hadn't been used to receiving compliments back home, so even this one from the pokemon pleased him.
Hiccup mulls over the name for a few seconds. Having by now met a good number of Carmen's team, he's fairly confident that he understands her naming scheme.]
Someone you know? Or do you have a last name in mind to make a pun?
action BECAUSE YES;
Carmen, meanwhile, opts to come over at this point, still keeping a short distance between them, but aiming to give her dragon the chance to start getting used to her presence as well.]
There's a famous group of musicians in my world who all wore their hair in a style like hers. One of their universally-acclaimed albums — that is, a recorded collection of their music — was called Abbey Road.
[Though she was always a bit more of an Elvis girl, herself.]
Abbie Rhode — that's a fair name, isn't it?