Teddy of course had no way of knowing if Valera was honest or not and life had not been kind to him since his parents died so he was choosing to assume the worst of pretty much everyone. Seemed the safer option to the child right now anyway. When the woman walked over and picked up the hatchling he once again glanced towards the door, wondering if he could get away or if she would catch him if he tried it. Before he had made up his mind she spoke again and he gave her another doubtful look. He'd never heard of any riders with common backgrounds. Though now there was a glimmer of hope in the little boys eyes, despite his best intentions. If it was true that dragons only hatched for their rider, maybe he really was supposed to be a rider.
"Teddy...Theodore" He answered, hesitating a bit beforehand but she so far seemed nice and she'd offered to get him some food and that was enough to get his stomach to once again cramp painfully. He hadn't eaten in a couple days, it was hard for anyone to turn that offer down but especially hard for a child of ten. So after a brief hesitation he slowly walked towards her, though he made a point of staying out of her arms reach just in case. He followed her towards the kitchens and his stomach growled audibly at the smells.
"What about the dragon?" He asked belatedly, worried now that the baby would be hungry too. For his part the dragonet had rested his head on Valera's shoulder when he was picked up, sighing and a little puff of smoke came out of his nose. He was too young to breathe fire, but it would come in time. He looked over at Teddy when his little rider spoke about him being hungry and that amused him, apparently this one thought he was like a pet that needed someone to care for it. "Don't tell him yet, he'll get scared" The dragon spoke to Valera, wanting the Rider to wait to tell Teddy about the bond and how Teddy could have just asked him if he was hungry.
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