Crack, crack, crack!
In the chaos of nothingness, three dragons entwined the "whale," their splendid golden scales rubbing against the thick whale skin.
As the two made contact and scraped against each other, both consumed each other's strength; the Azure Dragon's scales gradually dulled and darkened, while the Spirit Fish's whale skin thinned and shrank. The fragments worn away formed a faint bluish smoke, half merging into the Spirit Fish, half into the Azure Dragon.
The Azure Dragon's scales grew tougher, while the Spirit Fish's blue skin thickened.
It seemed like there was a change, and yet, it seemed like there wasn't.
Their relationship did not constitute one reducing while the other grew; instead, they reached a mutual stalemate.
Even more so, the Spirit Fish's growth and absorption of the bluish smoke were quicker, turning the more proactive Azure Dragon into the one being consumed!
