𝐒𝐄𝐑𝐏𝐄𝐍𝐓'𝐒 ╱ 𝐓𝐎𝐍𝐆𝐔𝐄

❛❛ 𝐉𝐄𝐀𝐍𝐈𝐍𝐄 𝐌𝐀𝐓𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐖𝐒. ❜❜

[𝐒𝐄𝐑𝐏𝐄𝐍𝐓'𝐒 ╱ 𝐓𝐎𝐍𝐆𝐔𝐄 @UnparalleledWit]

Goldenfire tresses cradling her struct
- ured jawline.

“ Dragons don’t exist , Brigid. ”

[𝐒𝐄𝐑𝐏𝐄𝐍𝐓'𝐒 ╱ 𝐓𝐎𝐍𝐆𝐔𝐄 @UnparalleledWit]

The office , immaculate and impersonal
; a sea of modernity coated white ———
Its monarch , flawlessly poised within h -
er favored chair. Pivoting to redirect sa -
pphire from the magnificent seascape t -
o she. A sculpted brow daintily lifts , as if
puzzled. Cranium canting. >>>

[𝐔𝐍𝐃𝐘𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐑𝐄𝐆𝐑𝐄𝐓. @GuiltDevoured]

⠀
𝐀 retreating step, foreign
officium brought not a
sliver of comfort, even more
when familiar * conniving
figure whose hair is as
perfect as nigh forgotten
Sun's beam shewn herself.

❛❛ The girl, @UnparalleledWit,
she is not human, but a dragon.

…

Are 𝙮͟𝙤͟𝙪? ❜❜

⠀

[𝐒𝐄𝐑𝐏𝐄𝐍𝐓'𝐒 ╱ 𝐓𝐎𝐍𝐆𝐔𝐄 @UnparalleledWit]

blue pansuit.

“ The human ,”

continues she ,

“ is she intact? ”

[𝐒𝐄𝐑𝐏𝐄𝐍𝐓'𝐒 ╱ 𝐓𝐎𝐍𝐆𝐔𝐄 @UnparalleledWit]

Unperturbed by utter discontent
, a slender brow arches ; mouth t
- wisting into a semblance of a -
musement. Lilith , e’er impatient.
Refusing to see grander details.

If only her proficiency for slaug -
hter extended to comprehending
the necessity for Rapture’s finest.

“ >>>

[𝐃𝐀𝐑𝐊 𝐏𝐑𝐎𝐌𝐈𝐒𝐄. @SitientiCruorem]

"You've permitted the human —— to see the hatchling?"

Another halt in her words, this
time, to muster what littlest
forbearance she may have left.

A vital rule ruptured.

"Define 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘵, and how it led to . . ."

A hand gesturing around the area.

"𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴."

[𝐒𝐄𝐑𝐏𝐄𝐍𝐓'𝐒 ╱ 𝐓𝐎𝐍𝐆𝐔𝐄 @UnparalleledWit]

unfurled disarray ╱ rectificatio -
ns. Absence of an ornery five hu
- ndred and fifty pound dragon. W
- ith grace , serpent - tongue ( *
always hard at work ) pivots , la
- nguid gait venturing to a dark -
lit windowpane. Uncreasing the l
- avish fabric of a rich navy >>>

[𝐒𝐄𝐑𝐏𝐄𝐍𝐓'𝐒 ╱ 𝐓𝐎𝐍𝐆𝐔𝐄 @UnparalleledWit]

that insufferable sapphire ———
A serpent curiously peering into t
- he bird’s nest equivalent ———
rather than unfortunate catastrop
- he.

“ A hatchling ,”

begun Jeanine cooly ,

“ expressing discontent in the p -
resent circumstances of Doctor B
- rigid Tenenbaum. ”

[𝐒𝐄𝐑𝐏𝐄𝐍𝐓'𝐒 ╱ 𝐓𝐎𝐍𝐆𝐔𝐄 @UnparalleledWit]

Knuckles to slender wrist bound
in soft , pristine gauze. Finalizing
a report to the Elder Wyrm. Fre -
nzied humans scampering about
, perfecting reparations. Strips of
tattered fabric swept and discard
- ed , claw gouged tile replaced. T
- he tycoon , assessing Lilith with
>>>

[𝐃𝐀𝐑𝐊 𝐏𝐑𝐎𝐌𝐈𝐒𝐄. @SitientiCruorem]

⠀

❛❛ 𝐓here's one question I
need you to answer ,
@UnparalleledWit ——

What the 𝐇͟𝐞͟𝐥͟𝐥 happened here? ❜❜

⠀

[𝐒𝐄𝐑𝐏𝐄𝐍𝐓'𝐒 ╱ 𝐓𝐎𝐍𝐆𝐔𝐄 @UnparalleledWit]

if to pacify a frenzied animal.

“ She will come to no harm ,
Brigid.

Unfortunately , seeing her is i
- mpossible at this time. Is the
- re anything else I can help y -
ou with? ”

[𝐒𝐄𝐑𝐏𝐄𝐍𝐓'𝐒 ╱ 𝐓𝐎𝐍𝐆𝐔𝐄 @UnparalleledWit]

Momentary crease in the nigh
inscrutable countenance of J
- eanine Matthews , assessin
- g the time - weathered bru -
nette ——— who for some rea
- son , simply refused to relen
- t.

“ The girl is safe ,”

crooned the blonde , canting
her cranium subtle. Palms ar
- isen , as >>>

[𝐔𝐍𝐃𝐘𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐑𝐄𝐆𝐑𝐄𝐓. @GuiltDevoured]

⠀

❛❛ 𝐓he girl —— let me
see her , @UnparalleledWit. ❜❜

⠀

[𝐒𝐄𝐑𝐏𝐄𝐍𝐓'𝐒 ╱ 𝐓𝐎𝐍𝐆𝐔𝐄 @UnparalleledWit]

with. ”

[𝐒𝐄𝐑𝐏𝐄𝐍𝐓'𝐒 ╱ 𝐓𝐎𝐍𝐆𝐔𝐄 @UnparalleledWit]

“ You’re an incredibly clever woman
, Doctor Tenenbaum —— Renown for
your advancements in the field of ge
- netics ( … ) Honesty’s sentiment ,
however , remains unshared.

You lie with familiarity. As if it’s a se -
condary skin. Your comfort in the role
leads me to >>>

[𝐔𝐍𝐃𝐘𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐑𝐄𝐆𝐑𝐄𝐓. @GuiltDevoured]

»Unsurprising to hear the next
query, discourteous tongue bitten
to prevent the word ' 𝘪𝘥𝘪𝘰𝘵 ' from
being enunciated in response.

Best keep it controlled
until situation is appraised.

"I do not see the purpose of asking the same question you already know the answer to."

[𝐒𝐄𝐑𝐏𝐄𝐍𝐓'𝐒 ╱ 𝐓𝐎𝐍𝐆𝐔𝐄 @UnparalleledWit]

care about. ”

Not truly.
Dragons lacked that vulnerability.

“ But those girls , they’re in danger
so long as you continue to fabricat
- e the contents of your conversati
- on with that hatchling.

I can only protect them if you coop
- erate. Give me something to work
>>>

[𝐒𝐄𝐑𝐏𝐄𝐍𝐓'𝐒 ╱ 𝐓𝐎𝐍𝐆𝐔𝐄 @UnparalleledWit]

girl’s visitation? ”

[𝐒𝐄𝐑𝐏𝐄𝐍𝐓'𝐒 ╱ 𝐓𝐎𝐍𝐆𝐔𝐄 @UnparalleledWit]

Epidermis unnaturally translucent
, stretched o’er wiry muscle and b
- one ; mapwork of veins invasivel
- y protruding ——— flourishing th
- e chiseled mental note to convi -
nce Talon - appointed to administ
- er necessitated fluids intravenou
- sly. Admittedly , it had been >>>

[𝐔𝐍𝐃𝐘𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐑𝐄𝐆𝐑𝐄𝐓. @GuiltDevoured]

"Bring me back to Rapture; my purpose, it is there."

Not a request, but a firm demand.

"My little ones need me."

[𝐒𝐄𝐑𝐏𝐄𝐍𝐓'𝐒 ╱ 𝐓𝐎𝐍𝐆𝐔𝐄 @UnparalleledWit]

did.

“ Your purpose is here , climbing th
- e ladder within the organization. ”

Glimpsing out a floor to ceiling win
- dowpane , her palm collects the o
- pposite dorsum at lowermost sp -
ine.

“ Tell me , Brigid.
What was the true purpose of
that >>>