Gentle Giants And Hothead

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"Nah, being a lava dragon just means I have fire proof everything. This phone is also fire proof, at least."
Ava demonstrated by partial shifting the hand she was holding the phone in and nothing happened to it despite it being in contact with Ava's lava skin. Ava grinned a bit and for a moment held her arm a foot or so away from Baste's face. Of course making sure the temperature wasn't enough to burn or harm the other girl.
"Isn't this a pretty handy little portable radiator or what?"
Ava said and giggled a tiny bit at her bad pun.

"I have no idea what that GARO is. Sounds kinda anime-ish with summon swords and stuff. But it also sounds doable since we're on Manta Carlos. This place has fucking everything."
And Ava wasn't kidding. She hadn't even explored the more urban side of this island and she knew that this place had some amazing and shady stuff going on. Stuff her self-preservation instincts told her to stay away from. Nature and forest was more Ava's speed anyway.

Ava was getting kinda bored of just laying still, so she perked up a bit and grinned at Baste.
"Hey, wanna see something cool?"
But without listening to Baste's answer Ava hopped up and whistled once. That made Sauron, kinda reluctantly, get up too and he walked over to Ava, waiting for instructions.
"Sauron, up and under!"
Ava said, and right after that she bent back and made a bridge. Sauron barked, and jumped on top of this bridge Ava had made, stood there on his hindlegs for a bit, and then jumped down and crawled from under the tunnel. And after he was done Ava collapsed and jumped to her feet from the ground, her hands spread in a "Tada~" motion, grinning at Baste.
"And that's just the beginning of the tricks he can do. I'm an awesome trainer."
 

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Hearing her pun, Basté looked serious for a moment at her, before mustering the smuggest snake expression and answering: "Well, could have warmed me beforehand.", a clear hint that she got the pun. Sitting up sooner than Ava, she observed her and Sauron's trick, at first puzzled at what she was gonna do, but then sighing happily.

"Never seen many dog tricks myself. You know, often I can't get close to any before my fear gets to me. There was this one video of a husky that opened the door for the house's cat to leave, and then gave the most shocked look when she realized the owner was filming it all."
 

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The fact that Baste returned the pun caught Ava completely off-guard. Ava snorted and she was reduced to a cackling mess on the ground within seconds. And as Ava recovered she took few deep breaths and wiped away some tears with her still partially shifted hand, making it so hot for a few seconds that the tears evaporated.

The video Ava described sounded like a pretty basic funny dog video, but it made Ava grin nevertheless because those were her weakness. She patted her chest three times and Sauron hopped to his backlegs, setting his front paws on Ava's shoulders. And like that they began slowly turning in a circle, "dancing".
"Then guess we got to show you our whole repertoire, though that might take some time. Sauron here is a genius, he can even do the door opening trick in that video. And he can close doors too."
Ava laughed and lifted her arms up, patting her shoulders. Sauron barked once and jumped up, and Ava caught him and began cradling him like a baby. It looked pretty ridiculous when Sauron was so large, and Ava was pretty short by comparison. But Ava was carrying Sauron easily. And Sauron seemed to be enjoying it, having a goofy dog smile on his face.
 

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"Not gonna doubt of Sauron's skill.", if she has seen other videos of big dogs being too clever? Of course she did. Mostly of Huskies and German Shepherd. Watching videos of dogs, in truth, hardly scared her, so more were on the list... Yet she preferred the ones that made her laugh.

As Ava cradled Sauron, Basté choked on a laugh. "Well, that's one BIG baby!" she remarked when she finally regained her breath, getting to her feet.
 

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"Good. I busted my ass drilling tricks into his brain, if anyone doubted his skills I'd kick their ass."
Ava huffed, she wasn't kidding. She had once punched someone who had called Sauron a dumb dog, no one mocked what was close to Ava's heart. Especially since, in a way, Sauron was Ava's first addition to her hoard. Yes, Ava hoarded animal companions, but she'd seen weirder stuff. Her cousin Roldan hoarded investments, for crying outloud.

Ava laughed along with Baste, and Sauron's tail wagged as he looked from Baste to Ava, curious as to what was so amusing. Ava grinned and walked a bit closer to Baste, but not too close since the girl's fear of dogs might kick in again.
"Do you wanna hold little Sauron here? You look buff enough to handle my big baby."
 

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No way Basté would doubt Ava. Sauron was well-mannered and friendly, and it wasn't the first time she has seen dogs read the mood. Although most of the time they smelled her fear and barked at her. But here they were, things were calm enough that she didn't fear Sauron, and when offered to would cradle him, although she wobbled a little, as she was unprepared for the weight.

"Heh, he is one big baby boy. I'm glad I fell off the tree back then, if I didn't we wouldn't be having such a good time, right?", just a moment of weakness much earlier led to this development, there was no way she was displeased with it.
 

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Sauron's tail wagged even more when Baste stepped close and Ava handed him over to her. He was happy to be held by his new friend. Sauron panted and licked Baste's face, still having that goofy doggo grin on his face. He didn't even react to wobbling, he trusted Baste.

"Sauron at least is happy you fell off that tree, he got a new friend out of it."
Ava answered with a grin, and chuckled at the sight of Baste cradling Sauron. Though it looked less ridiculous than when Ava did it, since Baste was so much bigger.
"And I guess I'm glad too, it's rare to find decent company around these parts at this time."
 

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"Easy there.", Basté let a nervous giggle as he licked her face, totally not expecting that to happen, but let him be and feel welcome in her arms. It was clear Sauron and Ava's joy as well, sometimes small accidents leads to something so much better, and here they are. "Late at night is quite tough to bump into good company anywhere. But when it happens, oh boy, time sure flies."
 

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¨Thankfully Baste didn't freak out over Sauron licking her face, Ava had been kinda braced for that since getting a dog's mouth close to your face wasn't pleasant when you were afraid of them. But Baste seemed to be completely over her fear when it came to Sauron, which was a relief. Though it wasn't even guaranteed that Sauron and Baste would run into each other in the future, guess they would if Ava met Baste again. Since she and Sauron were a package deal.

"Speaking of time flying, I gotta fly back home. Titus is gonna flip if I'm out too late."
Ava let out a short whistle, and Sauron wiggled a bit and got himself down from Baste's hold. He walked over to Ava's side and Ava scratched his ears as she looked over at Baste.
"You want a ride? I could fly you at least out the forest, unless you wanna stay and hang around."
 

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Basté let Sauron get off her arms, agreeing with Ava: "That is true, and I need to sleep at least a little now!", but what to say of the offer for a ride? She had to think about it for a moment... After all, if it is windy up there wouldn't she pass out from temperature drop? But then there is the fact Ava is a lava dragon...

"Alright, but take me to that edge of the forest. I left my bike parked there. And I'll need to be warmed up up there.", Basté gestured towards the direction from which she entered the forest, and once all was ready they would make their leave.
 
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