[This is the one, Robert knows instantly. This is it, this is the dragon that's going to come home with them, this wriggly little blue menace who was so brave in the face of the unknown, so determined to seek out attention and to perform for approval. This is the one that's going to be theirs — his, to be sure, but what's his is theirs, that's just how it is — this rambunctious little baby of a thing, enthralling Rosalind with its talents and Robert with its charm.
So this is the psychic connection they can make, he thinks, and it's nothing short of overwhelming, the blast of such pure raw positivity all but bowling him over when it hits. It's a few seconds before he notices that his cheeks are starting to hurt, and it's only another few after that when he realizes it's because he's started grinning, and doesn't actually know when that happened.]
...I did say we'd keep the best one, didn't I? I do think we may just have found him, my dear.
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So this is the psychic connection they can make, he thinks, and it's nothing short of overwhelming, the blast of such pure raw positivity all but bowling him over when it hits. It's a few seconds before he notices that his cheeks are starting to hurt, and it's only another few after that when he realizes it's because he's started grinning, and doesn't actually know when that happened.]
...I did say we'd keep the best one, didn't I? I do think we may just have found him, my dear.