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Kliken looked down at the money that he'd been handed before he tucked it away deeply into his pocket, looked down at Tural who was sitting next to him giving his normal huffing sounds, then looked forward at the double doors that he'd been left at. He was supposed to go into the mall and enjoy himself, go shopping for anything he might want, get something for Tural to eat, and generally do what people his age did when at the mall. He chewed lightly on his lower lip before starting forward, "I was fine reading at home." He told Tural.

The dragon gave a huffing sound, for a moment sounding a bit like an old man, before he started to shuffle along after Kliken. He agreed completely, the water at home was just the right temperature and they had recently released a new school of fish into the naturally set up pool that he swam in with Kliken that he was dying to sample. They were stuck doing this 'shopping' thing instead. He couldn't complain though as there was mention of food for him, he wanted food! The Cruzoor was a bottomless pit when it came to food, wanting to try everything, sample all the flavors in the world though at times it involved things that weren't food as well. He'd tried more then one person, a carpet, and one occasion had licked a blackboard. The latter was something he'd never do again!

Kliken hurried forward to open the door up, "Come on, its bound to be warmer inside." He said, allowing Tural go quickly shuffling into the mall. It was quite surprising how fast he could move when motivated.

They paused just inside the doors and he looked at his dragon partner, "Where should we go first?" He asked.

Tural tilted his head to the side, whiskers giving a little twitch as he sniffed at the air before he was shuffling forward once more. Kliken blinked a couple times before moving to pursue, wondering where he might be heading to when he caught the scents of the food court and then he knew exactly where the Cruzoor was heading and all he could do was try to keep up.

Tural was shuffling along when he heard something, a sound that he knew quite well and the dragon was suddenly sliding along the tile floor of the mall and came to a halt. He lifted his head up, giving a huffing sound as he caught his breath, then looked back and forth. He could hear it... he heard... heard... water! The dragon squinted his little eyes and sniffed at the air before he turned at almost a ninety degree angle and shuffled along again, cutting off a little girl as he went, not noticing her as he made a bee line to the large, pretty fountain that was located near to the food court. A moment later there was a loud SPLASH as he dove in and set to doing circles in the cool water that was just deep enough for him to go under.

There were a bunch of shrieks from those that were standing around the fountain that had gotten soaked when he dove in and Kliken gave a bit of a groan, "T-Tural..." He muttered, turning to head in the direction that his dragon had gone, already trying to figure out how he was going to fish the Cruzoor up and out of the water.

Tural made a few circles around the fountain, pawing at the shiny coins that were piled up in the bottom, before he realized that there was one person that was leaning over the fountain still instead of fleeing as quite a few people had done when he took to swimming. He made his way over toward Mariel, surfacing only when he got to her and then starred up at her with his little gray eyes. He starred, sniffed, then his head turned as all his interest went from the girl to that smelly good item she was holding in her hand.

The Cruzoor moved closer, hands catching hold of the edge of the fountain so he could pulled himself up to try to get a bite of what she was holding. It smelled so good, so sweet! It had to be tasty he just knew it!

As the dragon lifted his head up to attempt to pilfer Mariel's snack Kliken gave a gasping sound and tried to hurry forward, pushing his way through the crowd in hopes of getting there before the girl's food got stolen as he would feel terrible for allowing it to happen.

Tural seemed almost to be pouting a little when the cinnamon roll was moved out of his reach. His eyes followed it as the girl spot to him before he looked back at her, catching what she was saying. Ask? Manners? Those sounded like things that Kliken had said before and Tural nodded, giving her his best, dragon version of a smile.

She would give him her food if he let her make a wish? He gave another nod of his head in reply to this, he didn't think he could grant wishes as far as he knew but it wouldn't hurt to let her do just that if she wanted to and if it got him something sweet to chew on. He gave another nod at the thought and gave a happy, huffing sound as though to tell her that she should do just that! Do her wish and then share her treat! His tail started to swish behind him which only helped to spray water from side to side as he did so, soaking a few people who ventured to close.

Kliken was finally able to get to the pair and he gave a sigh of relief when he saw that the girl still had her snack. Tural was watching it as though it were the most important thing in the world but at least he hadn't stolen it, "Careful with the tail wagging, Tural. Your getting people wet." He told his partner as he reached the edge of the fountain, he wasn't scolding his friend, just telling him so he would understand. Tural was young and he was easily excited.

Tural starred at the treat in the girl's hand as she spot to him and he rapidly nodded in agreement, agreeing with what she was saying if it meant that he would be able to have the treat. He lifted up farther out of the water and closed his mouth over the treat then slid back into the water with only his head above it as he chewed slowly, seeming to be savoring the cinnamon bun. Food was something important to Tural as sharing with his species, eating with them, it helped to create a bond. As such he had already decided that Mariel was his friend even though he didn't even have her name yet.

Kliken gave a smile as he walked over to sit down on the edge of the fountain, reaching out to give Tural a pat on the head, "His name is Tural." He told the girl then looked over at her, "M-Mine is Kliken." He sounded more shy about introducing himself as he didn't think that he was nearly as interesting as his dragon was.

Kliken' blushed darkly, the heat spreading from his cheeks to his neck and the tips of his ears though it was really difficult to tell given the dark tone of his skin, "Ahh... I-I don't know about that... but y-yes, Tural is p-pretty special. He is the f-first one of his k-kind to hatch at D-Corp." He told her in a happy manner, seeming to show utter love and devotion to his dragon partner.

The Cruzoor finished off what he was eating pretty quickly, tail wagging in a happy manner as it tasted so very good to him, then he came forward to crawl half out of the fountain to look between the two as though he were looking for seconds. When no food came to him quickly he pulled himself out of the fountain and started to shuffle around them, nudging against each of them, then started turned to inspect Mariel. His small eyes seemed to find and lock on the girl's tail and seemed to be debating for a moment before he caught hold of it in his mouth and started to nom on it lightly.

The leech boy's eyes got huge when he did so, "Ah! T-Tural!" He squeaked out, shocked.

Kliken relaxed greatly when the girl seemed to burst into giggles over what was going on with her tail instead of being angry over the fact that Tural had been tasting her. He gave a happy sigh of relief, "He has a bad habit of liking to taste new things like that." He explained to the girl that he was standing with.

He blinked a couple times before he laughed and shook his head, "Ahh... n-no hes more into tasting various things then I am." He told her quickly, not wanting for her to think that he was going to attempt to chew on her as well. Not something that would go over well with anyone since he had sharp teeth and what his diet consisted of.

Tural looked a little disappointed when the tail was taken away from him so he shuffled his way over to nudge and poke against the bag that Kliken always carried with him. He gave an excited huffing sound as the leech opened it up and took out a cube made of dried algae and held it out to the dragon. Tural sniffed at it before he sucked it into his mouth and set to chewing on the item which was the Cruzoor's favorite treat.

The leech boy gave a nod of his head as he looked over toward Tural, "Yeah, he seems to want to taste most everything. The one thing he tasted so far and really didn't like was when he licked the blackboard at school... aside from that he seems to do fine with everything else he samples." He tilted his head to the side, looking thoughtful, "Magic tummy? Maybe, at least one made of iron since he never seems to have a bad reaction to anything that he eats."

"These? They are cubes made of algae. Its a plant that grows in the water though the cubes are dehydrated versions of that plant. He chews and sucks on them, its his favorite sort of treat." He explained to her. The little cubes would expand as he sucked on them which would cause it to take even longer for him to finish them off, a great treat to give him when trying to distract him for long periods of time such as during classes, "Do you want to try giving him one when hes done with his first one? The dragon teacher said the best way to make friends with a Cruzoor is to feed him."