(for hour 14—imaginary children prompt for Onweald)

 

Sinder, Rohf, and Cahla

 

They play so well together

A trio

Held together by a triangle of connection

Sinder, the adopted dragon child, the oldest and least coordinated for a household with so many walls and tables

Rohf, the new heir to Hleo-Arcana, and dragon child of a goddess

Cahla, full-blood sibling to Rohf yet to show signs of dragon shifting, praise the gods in Mahriket

To see them play as if knocking loose a scale was as normal as scraping a knee brought a joy that reminded Loetha of all she’d lost

And all she’d gained here

And all she could still laugh at when a pair of dragons fashions a cradle-vest to help their youngest sister “fly” through the halls of the emperor’s home…