He drops down closer, until he can wrap his forelegs under his tiger's chest. His tail curls just under his tiger's back legs, to provide him some extra support and make it more comfortable as they fly. Then he hugs him close to his underbelly as he takes off.
It would be foolish, letting such a capable predator so close to his soft leg underbelly, were this any other tiger - but then it would be foolish for his tiger to allow himself to be carried off, were Lan Xichen any other dragon.
No one else has he ever trusted so completely like this.
He's mostly just going straight up, so it isn't long before they reach their destination. It's midway up the mountain, a small patch flat enough for a little forest and a pool fed by a mountain stream. The trees are sparse enough here that there is a perfectly clear view of the stars.
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It would be foolish, letting such a capable predator so close to his soft leg underbelly, were this any other tiger - but then it would be foolish for his tiger to allow himself to be carried off, were Lan Xichen any other dragon.
No one else has he ever trusted so completely like this.
He's mostly just going straight up, so it isn't long before they reach their destination. It's midway up the mountain, a small patch flat enough for a little forest and a pool fed by a mountain stream. The trees are sparse enough here that there is a perfectly clear view of the stars.