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Peridot has a nose for gold. It's a trait common to all types of dragons, from big to small, no matter what their nature or their diet or their habitat. There's nothing special about her, in that regard. What every dragon doesn't have, is the small size and inherent nosiness that Peridot possesses, which has inexorably drawn her inside this strange little human structure.

Dragons love treasure. It's a well known fact, and it's the reason why she's been lingering in here for far too long. Crawling in through one of the battered windows had been easy enough, and from there she had just followed her nose deeper into the house, down into the basement where, lo and behold! Riches lay in wait.

That's how Lapis will likely find her: in the process of tearing apart her basement stash, pulling out jewels and gold and silver from very containers, in order snuffle at them and roll around in a massive pile of wealth.

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She absolutely sees that, and she raises an eyebrow, but doesn't bother asking. It's not like she's going to take it and run off with it. The dragon unfortunately knows where she lives, after all.

Lapis grabs it, pulling to help dislodge it from the tree hole while balancing the sack of goods against the trunk for a little more balance. She'd really rather not fall from this height after all.

"Well then. I think that's just about everything," the dragon says brightly, clambering out after the shield as Lapis pulls it away.

"Good," Lapis says, stuffing the shield into the bag. The bag she's definitely glad she snatched from that weirdo barons stash a few years ago. It makes carrying everything so much easier.

She offers the bag to Peridot. "I'm going to need both hands to get down the tree, so." Please take it? It's also all your junk.

Peridot blinks at it, and then grabs it between her jaws. Then she launches off of the trunk of the tree and glides down to the ground in like, two seconds, like an asshole.

How convenient. Lapis has to climb down like the non gliding non dragon she is.

She drops to the ground on the last branch and gently dusts herself off from any lingering loose bark she'd gotten stuck to her. "Anything else we need while we're out in the middle of the woods?"

Just in case there's something else she might need to know about.

The dragon cocks her head thoughtfully. She still has the bag in her jaws when she shakes her head 'no', after a moment's contemplation.

"Alright, good. Come on, let's go drop this stuff back off." And then Lapis can figure out a plan of action from there, because she's still not sure how long she wants to be out of town for as they try in vain to look for the thief and only end up with a convenient scapegoat.

Before she goes anywhere, Peridot grunts and stomps one of her forepaws on the ground, making the chains around her legs rattle. She got Lapis the goods, now she wants the damn cuffs off.

"Wow, fine. I'll take them off." This dragon is super impatient, honestly, Lapis thinks even if she'd be just as unhappy being chained up. She'll move over to undo the chains, draping them over her shoulder for now. They're expensive, and she's not just going to chuck them, after all.

"Better?"

She chirps happily, and then turns and forges ahead with the bag still between her jaws. So apparently, yes. Much better.

Lapis rolls her eyes, but she follows along because really, what else is she going to do? Still, Peridot is carrying the bag, so it's not like she has any room to complain or anything.

"Just don't get any bright ideas about running off."

Honestly the fact that Lapis trusts an unchained dragon with a bag of loot is progress in it's own right, but Peridot just ignores her and marches proudly all the way back to Lapis's hut. There's a couple points where she leaps and flaps her wings a few times, but she doesn't actively try to fly ahead or anything like that.

She reaches the doorstep ahead of Lapis, sets the bag down there, and sits herself down and waits eagerly for the thief to catch up, all bright eyed and enthusiastic.

Who said anything about trust? Lapis is keeping a careful cautious eye on Peridot, and any time she gets too flighty, Lapis is ready to fucking tackle her right to the ground. Possibly punch her right in the snoot. It works with sharks, so clearly it'd work with dragons.

Granted, when they do make it to the doorstep and Peridot hasn't run off, she is put a little more at ease. Enough that she pats the tiny dragons head as she goes about unlocking the door with her other hand.

Good dog.

Peridot is sort of baffled by this behavior, because she's a wild dragon and not a goddamned dog, tyvm. So baffled that she kind of flinches? Slightly? When Lapis pats her.

"What was that?" she asks, cocking her head with confusion.

"Just something humans do when we're pleased." She shrugs, opening the door for her. Even Lapis isn't stupid enough to say it's because she's absolutely treating Peridot like a dog.

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