The dinner mishap was soon over, and everyone quickly got used to having a new guest in camp.
Alvin returned to his place at the grill...
But this time, there was a difference: a Chi Dragon about the size of a full-grown mongrel kept circling his feet, its round head bobbing as it went.
You had to admit, anything could be cute when it was young!
Unless ugliness was a form of protection, any creature's natural curiosity in its youth could make it adorable.
But this family had rather unusual tastes...
Little Ginny didn't like the greedy little Chi Dragon very much, because it had bullied Captain.
Especially since the little thing only cared about food and looked down on everything else...
The ladies tried their best to feed it something, but the haughty little thing refused them all.
All it cared about was currying favor with the chef...
Nick tried twice to see if he could get his own Wilde put out to pasture and "recruit" a real dragon as his mount.
But the little Chi Dragon spat icy drool at him, making Nick back away in a hurry and decide never to bother with the unlucky creature again.
When Wu Fengji returned to camp with Wu Lie and Lin Hai, two members of the Beast Army...
She saw the little Chi Dragon circling Alvin's calves, occasionally flapping its forelegs and propping them against his thigh as it stared at the griddle...
The drool pouring from its mouth like a breached dam made Wu Fengji swallow involuntarily.
As she watched Alvin grab the Chi Dragon by the scruff and make it summon a torrent of Water Arrows to rinse the griddle...
Wu Fengji rubbed her temples in distress...
The Gun Club also had a Chi Dragon, but theirs