ED-1267: Tulio

Not long after the sun had set, and the warm glow of the summer had faded from the air to leave a pleasantly chilled evening purple hue, with what light was left in the world Ferdinand and Nicolo ventured into the pine forest. Their dragons trailing behind them.   It was a well trodden path by now, one the Juno and Stardrop new well. Only Juno charged ahead though, with Tulio hesitantly bringing up the rear. Since the two had met, their relationship had been something...

Ferdinand hadn't known what to do when he returned back to the barracks with his new... friend. In tow.      Fiend, as he'd decided to keep the name, was so big he had to stay in the woods nearby rather then in the place itself. Between him, Star (another new dragon that they had found in the woods), Tulio and Juno, Ferdi had gone from no dragons to drowning in them it felt like. It was crazy. This whole situation was crazy. But the new dragon had managed...

It was barely past 3am when Ferdinand finally got back to their shared tent.   He was oil stained and tired looking, but he seemed... different.  Like he was clearly hiding something that was making him panic a bit, and that something was clearly under his overalls, because he was cradling his chest like he'd injured it somehow, even though he was clearly fine. Cradling his chest, and sneaking around.  He just...  hoped Nico was there. Was home. Since Nico had kick...