Dining like a Pro [Open]

    

He didn't want to go to the dinning hall. People were there. It was hard to find a place to hide. And his father said he would take away Kanashi if he didn't go. Great. Volund was carrying the stupid, chubby Terror like he always did, to protect him from himself and running into any giant, scary dragons. The dinning hall was surprisingly not that crowded, a few sleeping dragons all over the place but not bad. Right? Right. Not many living things was good. It meant Volund had to be slightly less careful than usual. He loosened his grip on Kanashi the Terror, petting the white scales of the small dragon while he tried to see where there was food. Amazing that the nearly blind Terror in his arms recognized food before he did. Then again, dragons had a really good sense of smell. The chubby Terror scratched his way out of Volund's arms and darted for the food, about to run into the wall since he was way off. Volund darted after him, jumping over a table to catch the Terror, falling onto another table rather hard. He grunted and stood up, holding the struggling dragon. It was like watching a two year old child in a candy store. He looked to the side, and froze. Oh, hello person, who are you? I don't know you. Volund stood there before reading the sign, deciding not to be rude, he gingerly took one and broke off a corner for Kanashi. Did dragons even eat these things? He had no idea. Yeah, why was he given a dragon again?

He sat the chubby Terror down, letting him destroy the tiny corner of the food while he sat down to watch. Talking wasn't his thing but he didn't think he should be rude. At least, until Kanashi was done eating this.. cake thingy that looked rather good. He looked back at the girl then at her plate of food. Yeah, Volund didn't eat much, but now he was a little hungry. He gingerly took a small bite of the cake thing and chewed it. It was the most delicious thing he had ever tasted in his life. Hell, it was better than his father's cooking and even Nikulas's. He smiled at the girl, it was a timid smile but it was something, right? "Ah, thanks, this is really good." So he might be talking just a little over a whisper and might need to speak up but eh. He was a quiet person by nature. He hated to be a bother or to annoy others.

    

So nothing seemed too bad. He was... slightly comfortable in here. No place to really hide but that was alright, right? Yeah, yeah sure it was. Kanashi had calmed down though and stole a whole cake from the plate and scurried over to Volund as fast as he could to eat it. These things were delicious! And Volund had to agree. He smiled at the girl, recoiling at bit at her volume but found some sort of peace. So she wasn't mad at him? Or or wanted to yell at him or tackle him or something? He rather liked this. He tried to understand her and soon nodded, moving to sit in the chair by her, rather slowly and timidly, but hey, he was never one to ignore someone that was being nice to him. Or so he hoped. This was kindness, right? He didn't really have any food of his own, but he did finish the rather delicious cake, watching Kanashi give him a hopeful look for another. Volund patted the dragon's head shaking his head. "No, you'll get a tummy ache and be sick. I don't want that," he said, getting a pout, but Kanashi knew when Volund was serious. So he curled up in front of his human and got a nice petting session.

Idle chat was something Volund did not do often and did not care to do often, but he didn't want to be rude. And this girl sounded like she wasn't from around here, so did that mean he had to act different or? He was scared that he was going to say something stupid, he just couldn't let that happen. He shifted a bit in his chair and smiled. "Where are you from?" He asked, still talking rather softly, but that was an appropriate question, right? Maybe? He would have to ask someone about how to properly socialize one day.

    

Kanashi ignored Volund, which was rare, and snagged another one, bringing it over to him before awkwardly parting it in the best half he could. He wasn't the smartest dragon, but he knew how to share and be nice. Volund rubbed the dragon's head, getting a happy purr and a small roar of content before Kanashi dug into the cake, eating it as fast as he could. Volund wish he could cook, or bake, or do anything with food. But he could probably burn water if he tried hard enough to make something edible. His brother was a good cook, sure, but didn't like trying to teach Volund how to do anything worthwhile. Then again, Volund was scared of setting the house on fire and accidentally poisoning someone so he kept away from the kitchens now days. Just as a safety precaution.

He was slowly feeling more comfortable near this girl. Not completely safe because open areas were horrifying, but more comfortable. He was relaxing a bit. Nothing seemed to attack him from behind or try to scare him, so that was a bonus and a way to get him to actually stop acting like a terrified sheep. He perked up when she answered his question. Ah, no, he had never heard of that place. Nikulas might have though. He read so much it might have popped up in one of his books, but probably not since he let Volund read them after him. "N-no, I've never heard of it. Sounds nice though." He didn't really pay attention to her being the daughter of a lord though. Titles didn't mean much to Volund. He was more about who you were, rather than who's blood you had. But it was still really cool, when he thought about it, to be talking to the daughter of a lord of some place. "I'm from the village, out of the academy," he replied. "And I'm Volund, many people call me Vol though, as a nickname. Nice to meet you, Al." Mainly his little brother and his father, and sometimes Nikulas, but it was what he was called. Better than other things.