Hermione pointed at the dragon. "Look at it—the iron-gray scales! The sharp bone spines! Its nostrils that can spit sparks! And those claws! Those claws could tear someone to pieces!"
Vincent tilted his head as he looked at the dragon. "It really does like eating Glutinous Rice Ball, and look at the way it's lying there, all round and plump. Doesn't it look like an enormous glutinous rice ball?"
Hermione opened her mouth, then closed it again.
She looked at Vincent, then at the dragon, then back at Vincent, feeling both speechless and helpless.
Suddenly, she burst out laughing.
"You..." She laughed so hard she could barely stop. "How can you be so casual every time you name something...?"
Gu Gu was named after its call, Big Black was named because it was a big black dog, and Glutinous Rice Ball... well, when it lay down, it really did look like an enormous glutinous rice ball.
Vincent looked at her innocently. "Was that so casual?"
"Super casual!" Hermione laughed until tears nearly came out. "Naming a dragon Glutinous Rice Ball—only you could come up with that."
"Then help it pick a new name?"
Hermione stopped laughing and looked at the enormous creature before her.
Tuanzi had probably eaten its fill. It lay there contentedly, occasionally puffing out a small wisp of sparks from its nostrils.
"Forget it. Let's call it Glutinous Rice Ball. It's pretty cute."
Hearing its name, Tuanzi gave another low rumble.
Hermione leaned against Vincent and started laughing again.
Soft light streamed down through the cavern, falling over the dragon's iron-gray scales and the two figures leaning against each other.
"Vincent, when everything is over, let's move here and live here, okay?"
"Okay."
"Then... this place will be called Wayne Manor."
"You're still thinking about that?"
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