Here Be Dragons by T. A. Chase

Author:T. A. Chase [Chase, T. A.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Gay, Contemporary, Fantasy
ISBN: 9781596322851
Publisher: Loose ID
Published: 2006-09-05T07:00:00+00:00

Here Be Dragons

105

The man nodded and started to stand.

“No need to stand. I’m Kael Hammerson from AngleLow Labs. I’m glad you were willing to talk to me about the creature you saw.” Kael held out his hand.

O’Connoll shook it and waved for him to take a seat. “I know what I saw, young man.

It was a dragon, as simple as that.” The man grunted as Hugh joined them.

“This is my colleague, Dr. Price.” Kael set the recorder on the table between them and pulled the notebook out. He murmured his thanks when Hugh set his tea in front of him.

“Too good to drink a pint with me?” O’Connoll challenged.

Kael shook his head when Hugh started to say something. He looked the old man in the eyes and said, “Alcohol takes me to a place I don’t want to be anymore.”

O’Connoll studied him for a moment than nodded. “Aye. I might have been in that same place a time or two myself, lad. It’s good to see wisdom in one so young.”

“Would you tell us about the dragon you saw?” Hugh squeezed Kael’s knee under the table.

O’Connoll closed his eyes. “It was a warm day and I was walking along a stretch of my son’s farm. There’s a small stand of trees at one of the corners. It seemed as if this creature came out of nowhere. Of course, it had to have been hiding among the trees, but it was too big to stay hidden there.” O’Connoll gulped half of his pint and Kael could tell the man’s nerves were still twitchy from the confrontation.

“What did it look like, Mr. O’Connoll?” Hugh had taken over the interview.

Kael sighed. He wasn’t good at talking to people, though he’d been doing better at it lately. He got ready so he could try and capture the creature in a sketch.

“It was around two meters tall and from snout to tail, it had to be around six meters long. Small front legs with long claws. The hind legs were large and thick.” O’Connoll stopped to take a breath.

“Did it have wings? What made you think it was a dragon?” Hugh jumped in.

“Tiny wings on its shoulders. Didn’t look like they could support its weight. Look, it was a giant fucking lizard. Only two kinds that I know of ever existed and those were dinosaurs and dragons. So take your pick on what one it was.” O’Connoll didn’t seem worried that they wouldn’t believe him.

“Aren’t you afraid people will think you’re crazy?” Kael couldn’t help but ask.

“People’ll believe what they believe and I’m too old to care. Its scales were an odd mixture of brown and green as if camouflaged to hide among the trees. Yellow eyes slit like a cat’s.”

Kael drew a preliminary sketch, noting height, length and color. He listened to Hugh and the elderly man talk while he drew.

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