Mother started to tear the buffalo apart. She told one big bite from it and then looked at me as if telling me to eat it.
I gulped. I reluctantly looked at the red bloody meat.
I might as well try it since I am no longer a human. I am sure dragons have extremely strong digestive juices to break down raw meat.
I trotted towards mother and reluctantly took a tiny bite of the meat. With a mouth full of meat I looked up towards mother expressing my discomfort. However I was met with a look of appreciation which made me confused. I made me a bit confused.
Gulp.
I swallowed the meat, the raw bloody iron tasting... meat. I suddenly felt a strange feeling in my stomach. I felt energized and ... stronger. That's something I will have to think on. It seems that the meat has huge benefits for my wee dragon body.
Hehehe.
I am excited.
I look to mother again. She does a terrifying dragon exhalation of fume to give consent to eat more so I gored in.
As I ate, I found the taste of iron quite nice. It was like how Japanese people liked miso soup. It was an acquired taste.
I was in a sort of haze as I ate and ate. By the time I came to, I had eaten all the upper portion of the buffalo above the ribs.
I felt full and satisfied but soon my anxiety spoiled my mood.
Where is my human integrity? Am I now just an animal who is driven by instinct?
It left a bad taste in my mouth.
Now that I think about it, mother probably wanted all of us to eat the meat but I selfishly ate 50 percent of it leaving only the bad stuff. What will my siblings eat after they hatch.
I guiltily look towards the nest only to notice that one of my siblings had hatched and the smaller last egg was moving a bit.
I saw an adorable looking little dragon which was basically a mini mother. Maybe our father was green hence my green color.
I prance towards the little dragon but I stopped midway as I notice that my new little sibling was eating its own egg shell.
It was then I realized my own folly. Stupid instinct! Why didn't you tell me?
I looked towards my mother as she observed her second child with fondness.
Noticing my stare, mother looks back at me. I see her eyes dilate and in her eyes I see love as well as pride. I don't know how I can tell what she's thinking but now I suddenly felt my right eye twitch as if to give me a heads up of my chaotic future.
Maybe I should eat my egg shell too...