“It seemed to fit.” And it wasn’t as if Shura had better ideas herself.

At his request, Shura will move to unclasp the collar from the dragon’s neck, and just like that, there’s a scaly lizard looking up at Daud. She seems fascinated by him, particularly focused on the horns on his head. That’s definitely not anything she’s seen before, and she makes a soft trilling sound as she stands on her back legs to get a better look. She’s just a baby, too young and inexperienced to realize that getting up on Daud’s head and playing with his horns might be incredibly rude. But Shura knows better, and she knows that Aconite is curious and dumb enough to try.

“She’s going to try gettin’ on your head in a second.”