Shaidon was startled when he felt the strokes. He’d thought that Azar wouldn’t care if he was scared or not, but apparently he did, even if only a little.<br/>Shaidon was glad that he cared, and the petting helped to calm him a bit. He liked the naga, quite a lot actually. Even now that Azar had eaten him, he couldn’t regret meeting him.<br/><br/>He squirmed a bit to try and show that he appreciated the gesture. The flesh around him allowed him at least that much movement.<br/>He knew he should be angry at the naga for not letting him say goodbye to Jay, but that proved impossible. Besides, he was more sad than angry anyway, if anything.<br/><br/>“P-please never forget me...” he said sniffling, hoping that Azar could hear him. He knew that was a silly request, because who in his right mind remembers what he eats? He certainly didn’t know what he ate a week ago…<br/><br/>He sighed, whatever was going to happen now, he hoped that Jamie was alright. He hoped that he’d heard him. He didn’t want his friend to suffer.<br/>Never would he have thought that he was going to die like this, without having had the chance to say goodbye to his best friend, and still haven’t had the chance to say ‘I love you.’ to him…<br/><br/>And he had wanted to say goodbye to Azar too, and even Iyano… because they were friends now. Well at least for him they were, and well Azar was kind of even more than a friend now, since they had…<br/>He smiled sadly. Well he could still say goodbye to Azar, it only wouldn’t be the same as doing it face to face.<br/>It probably didn’t matter to the naga though… so he better keep his mouth shut.<br/>He wrapped his arms around him as best as he could and silently wept.<br/><br/><br/>Iyano’s eyes widened when Jamie started to cry. He didn’t like that, he didn’t like that at all.<br/>He could deal with defiance, anger, fear, he could even deal with hatred, but crying…<br/>Iyano never liked tears, only when playing maybe,  but outside that? No, nah uh, certainly not.<br/><br/>Azar had really broken the kid huh? Iyano had hoped that wouldn’t happen, but he should have known better.<br/><br/>“Hey come now, don’t cry…” he purred hugging Jamie close and nuzzling his tearstained cheek. “You’re a lot like me, you know? So loyal to your friends, prepared to do anything to save them. It’s really sweet how you care so much about little Shay.” He whispered softly in Jamie’s ear. “This isn’t your fault, you’ve done everything you could. You shouldn’t have come here, true, but Shaidon came here of his own accord too, even before you did.” He continued.<br/><br/>He licked Jamie’s tears away “Remember what I asked you earlier? You have to go down, no negotiation on that, but I can make it more pleasurable than anything you’ve ever experienced before. All your adventures will pale in comparison to this, and you’ll be very happy and relieved once you’re down…trust me.” He tried to persuade him, and he hoped that it’d work, because he really didn’t feel like forcing Jamie down, not when he was all emotional like this. No, he wanted to distract the boy from what happened with Shaidon. But he could only do that if the boy enjoyed it.<br/><br/>Frankly, he’d rather not eat him as he was right now, but he had to, otherwise the brat wouldn’t know that his little friend was safe. If he just told him, Azar’s game would be ruined, and even though Iyano didn’t like the game, he didn’t want to upset his dear friend. Furthermore, he didn’t want to see his human all depressed.<br/>Oh yes, this human was his, and unless he had a desire to upset the boy, he would comfort him in every way he could.