I heard the hydraulics of the boat launch being lowered and the three of us rushed down to talk to Captain Morgan. The deck was lowered but was at a w...ird angle because part of it was caught on the sandbar. Brian and his son were running around grabbing scuba gear, while Captain Morgan and Mike were getting ready to launch one of the skiffs. They needed to survey the damage.I asked the Captain if there was anything we could do.He said, “Just sit tight until we can figure out exactly what shape. He was as Desa had described him; a fully formed Dragon, but only eight feet in height, a four-foot tail behind him. His scales appeared soft and supple, white tinged lightly with green, much as I had described Kirustan. His body was wide in the middle, and his wings spread out at least as long as his body in each direction. On his tail the fans that helped control his flight opened and closed reflexively. His face expressed every feeling, and even I could read them."Yes, Ryu." When do I meet. I turned just in time for her to drop the kimono to the floor. And I laughed. She was wearing a t-shirt and Capri pants.“Cute,” I chuckled.“Me? Or what I did?”“Both!”“Because when I teased about taking off my kimono you thought I might be naked underneath?”“Guilty as charged,” I chuckled. “I guess I’m a dirty old man!”“Thirty isn’t old!”“True, but I’m sorry for thinking those things about you.”“I’m flattered,” she said. “Obviously, I was teasing you to make you think that.”“Yes, you were! Now,. When I mentioned that I wished I had thought of that, she smiled impishly and scooted close to me to share. I don't normally sleep well when I'm traveling but, with her warm body next to mine, I drifted off into a pleasant snooze.I awoke sometime in the middle of the night. Somehow we had shifted around to where we were partially on our sides with her little butt pushed against my belly and my arm draped across her hip. As soon as I was aware of the proximity of her bottom to my.