Satchel has approximately zero sense of self-preservation, but she's probably too big for a baby dragon to comfortably eat. They'll be fine. Already, the cat is head-butting against Muffin's side in a friendly way.

Barcus immediately melts when touched like that. The emotions may not go anywhere right off the bat, but it's never difficult to coax him into letting Ashton touch him. He places his hands over theirs and nuzzles into one of their palms.

"Vacation is practically a dirty word to an artificer, you know," he says, and smiles a little. "It never feels like enough. I suppose that's part of the problem."