Perplexed, by Snows painful cry -  the Blood Hunter stared down at the now docile dragon. Serafima knew that he was abused even worse than what she absentmindedly did. She had watched every video footage about what the vampires did to him, even though it disgusted her, - but she also knew that had never cried out in pain until now!<br/>He was<span style="text-decoration: line-through;">almost cu..</span>like a tame kitten now, but she only halted the not intended torture, as she studied him intently, without changing her expression.<br/><br/>Serafimas eyes however, betrayed her frozen face, turning in a deep emerald green color.<br/>Her seething anger about her precious research was suddenly gone, and that was what shocked her the most! Her research was -<span style="font-style: italic">literally</span>- her life!<br/>While she did not try to think deeper about the reason why she was moved, she halted in her movements and lessened the weight a bit - though she did not remove her leg - so the dragon would be still pinned down under her, giving him just little free room to move.<br/><br/>She stretched a cool hand to pick up the sobbing dragons chin to study his tears.<br/><br/>It was a mistake.<br/><br/>~ Sh*t!~ She cursed inwardly.<br/>This boy always reminded her of somebody that she had buried deep in her<span style="text-decoration: line-through;">hea..</span>mind for a while now. The headache she had felt the last weeks was getting worse.<br/>Almost opening her mouth to say something that she would<span style="font-style: italic">definitely</span>regret later, she clenched her jaws and gritted her teeth.<br/><span style="font-style: italic"> ~ Dont. make. the. same. mistake. twice!~ </span>Her inner rationality scolded herself, and she waited a few moments, gathering her thoughts about the situation.<br/><span style="font-style: italic">~ He did not react to any of the threats, which is actually good character. But his loose morals and that Kenta-Uros behaviour - is something I cant deal with. ~</span>Serafima was realistic on that matter.<br/><br/>The Norva sighed inwardly, this child was even more mishievous and harder to handle than... nevermind.<br/><br/>Following a subconscious impulse, that she almost instantly regretted, the blood hunter stretched out another cool hand, and patted the dragons white head for a bit.<br/><br/><span style="font-style: italic">~ Ugh! ~</span>She stopped awkwardly, pulling her hand back.<span style="font-style: italic"> ~ Another mistake.. ~</span><br/>But with the deed done, prepared herself for another round of going around in circles with this dragon inbetween inborn arrogance and forced submission. Every time she tried to give him the little finger, he chomped off a limb. Still.<br/><br/>The Blood Hunter steeled her mind for another Round of punishing Snow, frantically thinking what she could do.<br/>Because it might be detrimental to send him in for another week in confinement, with random forces scouring them out. She could not always pay attention to the vampire elders!- She had to change them at least once every two days so they would not be tempted to take a bite and turn crazy. A dilemma! But, she would just go with the flow. In any case, solitary confinement was not the only thing she could do in case he acted out!<br/><br/>Before she would proceed with her plans, she should try to reason another time.<br/>If there were skills the Norva prided herself in, then it would be her observation and the processing of the gathered information.<br/>After a pause, where she suppressed the urge to awkwardly clear her throat, she proceeded to answer to his previous pleas.<br/><br/><span style="color: #FF4040">"That was mainly because you broke my research."</span><br/>She tried to break it down to small bits, because she still doubted this dragons abilities to listen and intake information from her! So she looked closely at his expressions, after each bit of information was directly conveyed.<br/><span style="color: #FF4040">"Plus, you provoked both of my girls and harmed Rose. She is younger than you by at least 10 years."</span><br/>She made another pause.<br/><span style="color: #FF4040">"When I gave you a way to get out of your confinement by your own power, you did not appreciate it. I doubt you even listened to my words."</span><br/>Finally, she reminded him of the most problematic issue.<br/><span style="color: #FF4040">"Since normal punishment just excites you, its just a reward. Why should I reward you if you did wrong? "</span><br/><br/>Abandon the dragon? For that she needed to pick him up first by both of their choices! None of that had even yet happened. Then train him! Make him a normal dragon out of a white bread*!<br/><br/>They were not even at the level of basic cooperation... she shook her head slightly, while looking at Snow.<br/>If it was hers truly, the Blood Queen, how long would he be able to survive like this? ... she sighed slightly, exhaling a small breath for the first time in the talk. This stupid child ...<br/>She should not take him seriously. But she had to - against her own choice, their fates were now intertwined. And not in a good way...<br/><br/><br/>___________________________<br/><span style="font-size: 85%; line-height: 116%;">*soft, spoiled, kind of synonyme for luxury goods in ancient times... <br/></span>