six sentence sunday

from one of the quiobi fics i’m poking at for this fall’s jinnobi challenge:

The dragon was magnificent in every sense of the word. It was also far smaller than Qui-Gon might have imagined a dragon to be, no larger than a draught horse, although its massive wings took up quite a bit of space. It shifted, drawing back toward the dappled shadows under the thick canopy of trees.

"I mean you no harm," Qui-Gon called, and the dragon paused, head slightly cocked as if it understood him. "Do you understand me?" Qui-Gon asked curiously, rubbing his hand along his mount's neck to keep it calm in the face of such a large predator.

The dragon held very still for a long moment, then dipped its head slightly.