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“So…you’re the one that was supposed to be my replacement…how cute…”
“…”mini durin didn’t say anything to that he seemed scared but trying to act tough
after all he was just a kid from a children story book that got thrown in the real world,no wonder he’d be scared,
not to mention the fact the the durin from dragonspine , the real durin was much physically bigger.mostly because he was older then…well the mini version of himself
“What now…don’t tell me you’re to young to even talk” dragonspin durin said mocking the other durin as his face became red from well…anger? Embarrassment? Who knows, and really who cares.
“I CAN TALK” mini durin screams, or well more like scratching with his voice
“Oh…really?can you now?” Dragonspin durin said his voice lower and deeper,
More scary, it scared mini durin into silence once again
The two sat in silence for a while not much to do…mini durin’s legs clanging to his chest, while he was playing with his tail nervously, with his wings around him trying to protect himself from both the cold and the older guy next to him,
Ironically enough he should be used to the cold by now but in the story book, well it was sunny and warm nothing like dragonspin
And the dragonspin durin just…sat there holding his head with one arm it looks like his head was hurting him, or he was deep in thinking, and unlike mini durin it didn’t seems like the cold effected him much
The silence was broken by dragonspin durin’s mumbling “god…why am i so unlucky…gold really just rather replace me with a random storybook character rather than trying to fix me…”
and…he kept going…it became quite apparent the more he rambled that he really didn’t know anything about mini durin other than the fact he was a story book character, nothing about anya his real mom or that it was albedo’s idea to bring story book durin into tyvat
But all said and done mini durin didn’t know how to explain any of those things to him he was literally given a human body like 2 months ago he barely how to walk on two feet without falling, and before that none of the story book characters talked to him,they were scared of him…so he really doesn’t have ANY talking skills,
let alone he cant put his thoughts into words in a normal day, and especially not now, now that he he scared, cold, and..sad…said because he knows how does the dragonspin durin feels, because by the end of the day,one way or another, they mirrored each other
Their fates are one…mini durin was…more lucky with his mum and with the friends that came along with him…
Lucky that he wasn’t as lonely as the real durin is…
With All of those thoughts,all of those things…he couldn’t helped himself but to cry silently…he felt bad for dragonspin durin,and he felt ashamed that he was to scared of him to actually comfort him…
And among all of dragonspin durin’s rambling…he heard the younger ones sobs
And he fell silent…he wasn’t being to harsh was he…? He didn’t even think that the younger one could hear his rambling…
And as much as cold he was because of all of those years he spent alone trapped within the ice no one visiting him or talking to him…the whispering of the city that get carried by the winds…years and years of the tale of the evil dragon…deep down in side…he was still a gentle soul
So when he heard the younger ones crying he finally looked at him…how his small wings (small for the dragonspin durin, big compared to his small body) were trying to form some sort of protective structure around him…
He looked somehow smaller the he already is…”hey…no need to cry little one…I didn’t scare you did i…” he said to the smaller one gently trying to get closer…
Mini durin didn’t say anything he was shaken,and well didn’t expect that gentle voice to come out of the bigger dragon-hybrid-human
“What am I saying…of course I scared you…i’m sorry okay…?” His voice sounded annoyed almost disappointed but not at mini durin but at himself, He was trying to get closer to mini durin…trying to comfort him…
But his voice tone along with the fact that mini durin can’t read expressions all that well, and seeing real durin’s corrupt hands… he shivered away…with his hands and wings covering his face and body to…protect himself
Dragonspin durin notice that,of course he did, so he backed off not say much…he looked a mixture between sad,angry and something deep something…guilt maybe?
“I WASN’T GOING TO DO ANYTHING WHY ARE SCARED I DIDN’T EVEN DO ANYTHING TO YOU” now he was mad frustrated even like he’d understand if it was a kid traumatised by the storys about him, but mini durin? Should he understand him…at least to some extent…
Mini durin is not covering his mouth with his hand while his wings wrapped around him even tighter…now he was crying, well trying not to cry crying gasping shaking
That gasping…made dragonspin durin stop screaming…he knelt down far from him but not to far…”hey hey, I didn’t mean that, i’m sorry,please stop crying”
Durin was crying more quite then before and his breathing began settling down …and looked at dragonspin durin…”good good, now what’s wrong,are you scared? Cold?” The older dragon asked hoping that he was cold because that…can be fixed…
Mini durin nodded quietly “you’re cold?” The older guy asked again and the younger one nodded once more, probably because he didn’t want to admit fear, mostly because he was scared that would make dragonspin durin angry again…
“Okay…okay thats fine”the older one said relieved and relaxed a bit…then he started getting closer to the child
Mini durin looked shocked at first but before he could say anything, dragonspin durin said “don’t worry I’m not going to hurt you or start yelling…” and before mini durin could do anything he felt a cold embrace that was slowly becoming warm…the older guy was hugging him pulling him closer using his larger wings to cover him up…”you’re going to get warm soon okay?” The younger one nodded…he looked less threatened then before
Now that he was closer to the older guy…he noticed a bunch of stuff like his cryo vision…mini durin has always heard that the cryo vision is given to people who feel unloved…that idea made mini durin sad, he also noticed the purple vains all over the older guy’s body probably the cursed blood runing through his vains…it looked painful…he wanted to say that aunt Rhinedottir found a way for him to control it
But no sound came out of his mouth
The older guy was hugging him tighter not wanting to let go in all honesty he wished he could befriend people, hug them cry laugh with them,play with them,he still wished for that deep down…even if he didn’t want to say it out loud, he wanted to feel evety physical affection he could get,so in truth he was liking this hug more then mini durin, even if he wasn’t cold…how could he be cold he had lived here in the snowy mountains for 500 hundred years now if not more
“I-I’m sorry am I bothering you,is it to tight, are you still cold?” The older guy said “no…it’s perfect” then silent but it wasn’t long before it was broken by th younger one talking “when we get out of here I’m going to introduce you to everyone i know,albedo,klee,wanderer and the traveler and paimon…you’re going to be friends with all of them just like me…we’re going to play alot and make alot of new friends…together, i promise” he said before dazzling off to sleep in the arms of the older one…”you don’t have to do that…” he said more to himself quietly so the other one doesn’t wake up