Reaching out to take the basket from the visitor, Nam inspects the contents. Much like the ones the human has brought to him in the past. If Nam had any doubts before that this is the human he's been keeping vaguely aware of, who's been leaving his offerings without trying to get something in return from the dragon, then they are all but gone now. Even the way the food is arranged in the basket has a sort of familiarity to it. The human unlike so many others who's been giving without taking.
Nam pays the rice, fruit and nuts little mind at first, it's the fresh fish that has his interest. He plucks one from the basket then sets the rest down. He looks it over to make sure that this isn't one from his river, that the human didn't somehow manage to trick him. A difficult task, but not entirely impossible though if the humans wish to think it is, he's not about to deny them their beliefs. The fish is perfectly unfamiliar to him, though. He feels nothing when he looks at it. Nothing but hunger. It would be a bold move to feed the dragon his own fish but not one that he would put past a human. Bold and stupid.
Elegant and dignified though Nam usually is, there's nothing dignified about the way he tears the fish open. "See to it that you keep your word." He takes an experimental bite of the torn up flesh. Delicious. The human did well in his choice. An acceptable offering. "I don't particularly enjoy ending the life of those whose lives are already so painfully short, but I won't hesitate to feed you to my river."
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Nam pays the rice, fruit and nuts little mind at first, it's the fresh fish that has his interest. He plucks one from the basket then sets the rest down. He looks it over to make sure that this isn't one from his river, that the human didn't somehow manage to trick him. A difficult task, but not entirely impossible though if the humans wish to think it is, he's not about to deny them their beliefs. The fish is perfectly unfamiliar to him, though. He feels nothing when he looks at it. Nothing but hunger. It would be a bold move to feed the dragon his own fish but not one that he would put past a human. Bold and stupid.
Elegant and dignified though Nam usually is, there's nothing dignified about the way he tears the fish open. "See to it that you keep your word." He takes an experimental bite of the torn up flesh. Delicious. The human did well in his choice. An acceptable offering. "I don't particularly enjoy ending the life of those whose lives are already so painfully short, but I won't hesitate to feed you to my river."