Master Shen, you don't get to say that when you aren't ancient!

[Something which she has definitely told him more than once at this point, she is pretty sure, but she still says it with a teasing laugh as her spine curls to bring her closer to the small dragon, admiring her curiously from up close. Her scales are so beautiful and pearl-like... And she actually is about to reach out to touch before his warning, pausing with a few blinks before she looks up to him, one finger in the air.]

Oh- Does it hurt more than... like a cat or something?

[She might not have heard all the details about how the dragon raising was working out over in the mountains.]