The risks we take

"Oooo..." Bonnie grimaced slightly when Nova mentioned how humans had slaughtered her kind. In that moment, she was kind of glad that Melty couldn't understand the gurgles and other noises coming from the night fury. How had Nova escaped such a fate, though? Probably using those powerful wings of hers, or maybe some other secret skill. Bonnie didn't know, and she didn't think to ask since Nova had mentioned seeing someone similar to her. Now that was intriguing.

"Well, you never know," Bonnie decided to say. "Maybe if there are others like you runnin' around, you'll run into one eventually. Like you said." The world was a big place now. Far bigger than Bonnie ever could have dreamed it would be, too. The chances of there being another dragon like Nova around weren't... incredibly high, she'd admit, but the notion was nice anyway. She noted how Nova went quiet after that. Only Nova knew what was going on in that head of hers, and for the time being? Bonnie didn't feel terribly inclined to ask that much. She instead chose to look toward the sky and keep kicking her little feet back and forth while she sat there. She'd noticed Melty had joined her a bit before Nova had started to answer her, but she hadn't commented. He probably knew as well as anyone that quiet could be good sometimes.

"Y'know what I think?" Bonnie asked. "I think you won't know for sure what's out there unless ya get out there and look for it. I mean, I wouldn'ta known 228 here was out and about if I hadn't come out here. So... whatever you think you gotta do? You go and do it." She usually wasn't so encouraging to those she just met. In this case, though, Bonnie felt like it was good advice. Maybe Nova really had needed that little push. She'd only find out as the moments from there ticked by. A fangy little smile clung to her lips as she shrugged her shoulder.

"'Course, what do I know? I could be wrong. But that world's so big and full'a chances. If you ain't gonna take it now, that same chance might not come. Y'know?"

Nova never felt more relaxed around the little creatures as when they agreed with her. It was strange, seeing another being sympathize and understand. It was nice, too. Nova listened to Bonnie as she went on, curious about what the creature had to say. As she went on about getting out in the world and taking chances to find what she sought, Nova offered a slow cat-like blink and something akin to a gurgling purr of agreement. With a slight huff, the dragoness lay down upon the bridge, not moving closer, but content to relax some. She was still ready to lunge to her feet and fly away at a moment's notice - still wary of the human structure beyond. However, in that moment, she was content enough. These creatures were no harm to her.

Not quite as wary as before when the red one approached, Nova made no move to ward him off. She watched him, of course, and was ready for the worst. She still flinched as his little hand was placed atop a forepaw. However, she did not move away, and accepted his touch instead. Her appendages shifted forward to catch his stilted words, listening as they broke the silence she and Bonnie had left.

He would look? He would tell her? Pupils dilated further and eyes widening, Nova garbled out a surprised noise of thanks, mouth opening slightly to reveal now retracted teeth. He did not seem to understand her quite as well as his companion, so she offered a wordless thanks instead. Blinking at him warmer than before, she rumbled another purr-like sound and stretched her nose forward toward him with intent to touch noses if he would allow, her wings giving the slightest of flutters by her side. She truly did appreciate the offer, and she hoped with everything he would stand by it. She was unsure how he would get any information to her, but she would take every possibility to find more of her kin that she could get.

Drawing her head back, whether he returned her gesture or not, Nova watched the little dragon creature return back to his companion. The little creature curled up beside the other, and Nova's gaze shifted curiously back up to Bonnie. There was a question in her gaze, but she was not going to ask the other to seek as well. A single extra pair of eyes was more than she could have expected coming here.

Melty glanced at Bonnie for a moment, then smiled in kind as he briefly stood up, padded in a small circle, then curled up, grasping the tip of his long, slender tail in his hands. He was close enough to his cousin for her to be able to touch him, if she had the notion. If she didn't, that was just as well. Simply being close to her was enough for him. That she didn't say anything also didn't bother him. She hadn't given him a look, or voiced any displeasure at his presence. Words weren't needed for him to know how she felt.

Calm as it was, he felt he could doze off right there. Despite their earlier brief altercation, he now felt at ease around Nova. Despite her being so much bigger than he was, to the point where he'd completely fit inside her mouth, he'd touched noses with her without hesitation before making his way back to Bonnie's side.

He glanced at Bonnie when she agreed to help, a small grin crossing his face. She did have a point about three sets of eyes being better than one. Or two. However, it did occur to him that if Nova was flying around at night, she might be really hard to see. Her, and any others like her. But, during the daytime, it'd be different.

"Eh, no problem. Us creatures gotta stick together, y'know?" Bonnie asked. She glanced back Melty's way and on instinct she reached out a paw toward him. She didn't know why. Perhaps a part of her wanted him and her to kind of try and bond as long as they were together. It was dumb, she though, and that was why she withdrew it again. Maybe that was awkward, she thought. Maybe they should just stick to conversation while they were thinking about it.

"So what're your plans from here, bud?" She asked the question to Melty in particular. He was the one she was most curious about, after all. "And don't worry. I can see if I can leave some kinda message. I'm usually around here anyway." If Nova wanted her to leave a message, she'd do it. She wasn't sure how or why that would happen, but hey. The worst that could happen was that Bonnie forgot about it and didn't actually leave a message for Nova at all. No big deal at the end of the day. She did think she'd recognize Nova again if she ever saw her, though. Those purple eyes and deep black scales were pretty hard to miss.

"Anything in particular you'd want the message to say, Nova?"

Ear nubs flicking slightly, Nova tilted her head a little as the pair spoke to each other about plans. Did she have plans? Beyond looking for other dragons, she supposed she did not have much of a plan, either. What if she spent the rest of her life just...looking, and never found anything? That truly would be a shame. However, beyond avoiding humans and looking for kin...there really was not much else she could think she would want to do. Perhaps one day she would find something, and that too could become her purpose. Until then...

Blinking, Nova drew her attention back to the little red creature. Just black dragons? Well, she supposed there was that moonlight dragon, but...no. She wanted to find her kind. If she found another one of theirs or met her again she would not mind, but right now she wanted to find more Night Furies. So, the dragoness gave an affirmative nod. 'Yes, black dragons.'

Bonnie agreeing to leave a message was a relief, and Nova gave a slight huff of appreciation. However, as the little green being went on...it became apparent that perhaps she had not understood. At least the other seemed to understand better. 'Not leave message for them,' she warbled, 'for me.'

Flicking her tail slightly behind her, Nova gave a slight jerk of her nose toward Melty, indicating him and his words. 'I see okay. Depends on signal,' she told him, before her gaze shifted back to Bonnie. 'Or if not signal, perhaps message for me to find. So I know that you found another.' She hoped Bonnie would understand better now. Nova supposed she should have been clearer, but she was not sure how well these creatures really understood her, so she was trying to keep her conversation simple. Bonnie seemed to understand her speech alright, btu the other not so much.

Melty nodded as Nova spoke, then hesitated for a moment before speaking, wanting to make sure he made his meaning clear. "Meega see black dragon, meega signal. This signal," he stated in a slow, deliberate tone before he tilted his head back, stared skyward for a few moments as he made sure there was nothing overhead, and fired off a blast of energy into the air. The blue blast shot skyward, clearly visible for some while before fading from view.

"You see, you come. Meega tell. Ih," he stated, nodding once for added emphasis. Having said what needed saying, he curled back up on the ground before gazing at Bonnie. "Bonnie not wait too long catch up, ih?" He liked her. She She was actually nice to him. It was a welcome change compared to how he'd been treated by Lilo and Stitch. And she was a matyr. A cousin.

He decided he wouldn't mind seeing Nova again, either. She wasn't a cousin, but she was nonetheless a fascinating creature.